Share price gains skyrocket in many advanced economies as consumer demand, shortages and other pandemic-related factors combine to fuel a surge in inflation. The surge has become a source of annoyance among consumers and concern among policy makers, who are concerned that rapid price hikes could last. This is one of the main factors central … Read more
Of all aspects of normalcy that Americans missed during the Covid-19 pandemic, physical contact was a common theme. The touch associated with browsing a record store is no exception – clicking a download button can’t feel like entering a store with fellow music fans, flipping through album art, and getting a new disc in hand … Read more
Electric car startup Fisker signed an agreement with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles iPhones, to jointly design and manufacture a new electric vehicle. Production of the car, which will be sold under the Fisker brand name in North America, Europe, China and India, will begin in the United States in late 2023. Numerous details, … Read more
Rep. Drew Hansen sponsored Washington’s net neutrality law in 2017, with support from Governor Inslee. Now he’s helped get a public broadband bill through the legislature. (Courtesy photo of HouseDemocrats.WA.Gov.) Washington municipalities will be able to offer broadband service direct to consumers across the state later this year under legislation approved by Governor Jay Inslee. … Read more
