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Worawee Meepian / Shutterstock.com Worawee Meepian / Shutterstock.com Two class actions brought by drivers against ride-sharing company Uber in California and Massachusetts have been settled, with the drivers agreeing to remain “independent contractors”. Uber will make US$100 million in payments to...

Ship tracking data from Bloomberg shows that 83 supertankers carrying around 166 million barrels of oil are headed to China, which has stockpiled an impressive 787,000 barrels a day in the first quarter of 2016—the highest stockpiling rate since 2014....

Pay transparency is all the rage these days. Pay transparency is all the rage these days. President Obama has taken action to increase pay transparency among federal contractors. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces laws prohibiting employment discrimination, recently issued a regulation requiring...

One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more choice over their insurer. Economic theory suggests that when consumers make informed and active choices in a competitive market, companies respond...

George Dolgikh / Shutterstock.com George Dolgikh / Shutterstock.com Google has been dragged over the coals by the European Union’s competition watchdog, culminating in the European Commission formally charging Google with abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile phone operating system, having...

  Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else.     Reproductive health isn’t just about abortions, despite all the attention they get. It’s...

Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, just announced it has settled two class action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts in which drivers sought classification as employees and entitlement to overtime pay and more transparent handling of tips. Uber, the popular ride-hailing app, just...

“Traditional media” has been on its deathbed for what feels like a decade now. Opinions on the severity of the situation differ, but it is generally accepted that in its current form, the media industry will not be able to...

The unveiling of Tesla’s Model 3 electric car was no less than the lifting of the final curtain on a game-changing energy revolution. In addition, if we follow that revolution to its core, we arrive at lithium—our new gasoline for...

Access to energy sources at low prices will continue to drive the world’s political agenda, as energy is a component as well as an object of national power. The world’s primary energy consumption from commercial sources of energy has grown...

The weekend meeting between many OPEC and non-OPEC producers has helped spur the recent gains in the price of oil.  We are concerned that market may be getting ahead of itself.  The weekend meeting between many OPEC and non-OPEC producers...

After a 50 percent rally in oil prices between February and March, crude has retreated a bit as of late. The upcoming OPEC-Russia meeting in Doha looms over the markets, but few expect the outcome to have any material impact...

Around the world, social media is giving consumers far greater visibility into supply chain processes and problems. For better or worse, manufacturing locations and labour conditions, warehouses, warehouse systems, packing processes, logistics partners and their delivery drivers have increasingly become...

Tata Steel is planning to sell its UK business after the company’s board unanimously concluded that saving its plants in the country was simply not affordable. A statement released by Tata read: Tata Steel is planning to sell its UK...

The outlook is often bleak for young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Even when they manage to graduate from high school or college, it is very difficult for them to find a full-time job. While there are many programs...