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DOE Declares Southeast Grid Emergency As Sweltering Heat Boosts AC Demand
DOE Declares Southeast Grid Emergency As Sweltering Heat Boosts AC Demand
As the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks off its first match against Paraguay in Southern California on Friday night, large swaths of the country are trapped in what feels like a wet sauna, with dangerous heat and humidity forcing households to crank up their air conditioning and straining power grids from the Southeast to the Northeast.
On Thursday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency order to mitigate blackout risks across the Carolinas amid extreme heat that threatens to...
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Apr 28, 2026 / Tyler Durden
40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030
40,000 U.S. Retail Stores Could Close By 2030
UBS consumer analyst Michael Lasser told clients that a further rise in e-commerce penetration, from about 22% today to as high as 27%, could force the closure of 40,000 U.S. retail stores by 2030.
The warning comes as more than 10,000 stores have closed since late 2023, and shows how the shift to e-commerce is pressuring brick-and-mortar retail footprints nationwide.
Lasser's forecast is that e-commerce penetration rates in the U.S. will top 27% by the end of the decade, up from the current 22%.
Many...
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Mar 27, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Newspaper Apologizes For Accurately Describing Suspected Killer As 'Illegal Immigrant'
Mar 5, 2026 / Tyler Durden
UBS Discusses Next Maritime Chokepoint Investors Should Watch
UBS Discusses Next Maritime Chokepoint Investors Should Watch
A lot of attention has centered on the Strait of Hormuz since the waterway was effectively shut not only by the IRGC drone threat, but mostly because maritime insurers are withdrawing war-risk coverage across the region. Our focus now shifts to the other critical maritime chokepoints. If Washington can pressure Iranian oil flows and, by extension, curb China's cheap Gulf crude flows, then the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea also emerge as potential flashpoints that traders can no longer afford to...
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