There’s less demand for workers in retail and many service sectors.
Foreign vendors often prefer to be paid in U.S. dollars instead of their local currencies. Others are adding energy surcharges.
Gas rationing by the Berlin government this winter could hit the German chemical industry and dent the global economy.
Climate events like more intense hurricanes are spreading the byproduct of burning coal to water used for drinking and recreation.
“We don’t have enough people to add new things,” like social services, says the director of the Marshall County Memorial system.
Between heat waves, droughts and wildfires, the grapes of California’s wine region are suffering nature’s wrath. Producers are trying to adapt.
There aren’t enough ships to carry liquefied natural gas, nor enough port facilities to load and unload it.
Stores are luring shoppers with unique items or running early sales.
Businesses are scaling back their expectations for 2023 accordingly.
Olivia Van Dyke, CEO of Film Logic Customs Brokers, talks about the unique challenges of shipping the things that make movie magic happen.
