Public and Private R&D Are Complements, Not Substitutes

Congress is hammering out the details of legislation designed to make the U.S. more competitive with China. Any package to incentivize further R&D should begin by ending the current tax penalty against it.   While the House and Senate-passed versions of the competitiveness legislation differ, they would support American semiconductor manufacturing, increase public funding for…

China demand must remain weak or we’ll have big trouble in the oil markets, IEA chief says

In this article @LCO.1 Speaking to CNBC on Monday, the executive director of the International Energy Agency spoke about the intricacies of the energy transition and the competing challenges that will need to be balanced in the years ahead. Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images The executive director of the International Energy Agency spoke of…

Oxfam calls for an end to billionaire ‘bonanza,’ says millions are falling into extreme poverty

Olga Shumytskaya | Moment | Getty Images A new billionaire emerged every 30 hours during the Covid-19 pandemic, and nearly a million could fall into extreme poverty at around the same rate in 2022. Those are the sobering statistics recently released by Oxfam. There were 573 more billionaires in the world by March 2022 than…

Prices are surging, but fans are still paying top dollar to watch live sports

Twenty20 People are changing their spending habits as prices surge at rates not seen in four decades, making choices that favor experiences. That means big demand for live sports. Demand for sports attendance is usually “unresponsive to price changes,” said Dennis Coates, a sports economics professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “Good times,…

Stock futures rise after Dow falls for 8th-straight week in relentless sell-off

Traders on the NYSE, May 20, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures rose in overnight trading Sunday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for its 8th straight week amid a broader market sell-off. Futures on the Dow industrial average gained 180 points, or 0.58%. S&P 500 futures added 0.67% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.68%….

More people are dying on U.S. roads, even as cars get safer. Here’s why it’s a tough problem to solve

Cars and trucks are wedged together after a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on the ice covered I-35 in a still image from video in Fort Worth, Texas, February 11, 2021. NBC5 | via Reuters New vehicles on sale in the U.S. today are the safest and most advanced ever made, yet roadway fatalities last year reached…

Top Wall Street analysts see these stocks as long-term winners

In this article RIVN SIX RNG PLUG PTON A Peloton exercise bike is seen after the ringing of the opening bell for the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Inflation pressures, supply chain snarls and a resurgence of Covid are…

Student loan forgiveness could be around the corner. What to do while you wait

Kool99 | Istock | Getty Images Earlier this month, President Joe Biden said that he was in the process of considering whether to forgive student debt, and that he’d have an answer in the next couple of weeks. Those weeks have passed and millions of borrowers are on edge — though they might not be…

The space industry is on its way to reach $1 trillion in revenue by 2040, Citi says

A Falcon 9 rocket carries 49 Starlink satellites toward orbit on Feb. 3, 2022. SpaceX The space industry should reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2040, with launch costs dropping 95%, Citigroup analysts said in an extensive report published this month. A further decline in the cost of accessing space would create more opportunities…