U.S. consumer prices rose solidly in May, leading to the biggest annual increase in nearly 13 years as a reopening economy boosted demand for travel-related services, w
The global economy’s transition to widespread electrification has increased the demand for longer-lasting and faster-charging batteries across industries including transportation, consumer electronics
New York Stock Exchange building. /CFP U.S. stocks climbed on Friday, led by technology shares, after a tepid U.S. monthly jobs report relieved investor concerns the Federal Reserve might rein
The euro zone economy has reached a turning point and the recent rise in borrowing costs reflects improved fundamentals, European Central Bank board member Isabel Schna
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Yuan Longping, a Chinese agronomist known for pioneering the development of the world's first hybrid rice varieties which significantly improved China's rice output and
Cacao farmers across Côte d'Ivoire, the world's biggest producer of the key ingredient for chocolate, are down in the dumps after prices for their commodity have fallen for the second year runnin
Tesla CEO and self-dubbed technoking is back peddling on the company’s stance about bitcoin and has suspended purchases of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency.The change of stance, whi
Getty Editor's note: J. Bradford DeLong, former deputy assistant U.S. Treasury secretary, is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a research associate at the
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter on the surface of Mars, April 29, 2021. /CFP NASA's Perseverance rover has for the first time captured the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blad
Harvesting rice in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, September 16, 2020. /VCGChina will further promote stable grain production and enhance its ability t
VCG Editor's note: Victor Galaz is deputy director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, program director of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swe
I don’t think Jim Belushi was high while we talked on Zoom this week. Instead of a joint, he was puffing on a cigar, but he was still happy and smiling.“I have my brother’s face on i
The Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, an incubator based in New York, is introducing 12 new companies at its 20th demo day today.ERA has thus far had more than 226 companies go through the program
An electronic stock board outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2021. /VCG Most Asian markets rose Monday following a strong end to last week on Wall Street as traders turned
Tesla’s relationship with bitcoin is not a dalliance, according to the comments made by the company’s CFO and dubbed “master of coin” Zach Kirkhorn during an earnings call Mond
OneSoil, a company selling technology to help farmers monitor fields and increase yields, has raised $5 million from international investors Almaz Capital and PortfoLion.The company’s tech integ