Passengers board on the TUI bus at Palma de Mallorca airport on June 18, 2020 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Clara Margais | Getty Images German travel giant TUI on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit of 6 million euros ($6.46 million), defying expectations on the back of upbeat travel demand. The swing to profit vastly … Read more
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When governments find themselves fighting the threat of coastal erosion, their default response tends to be pretty simple: If sand is disappearing from a beach, they pump in more sand to replace it. This strategy, known as “beach nourishment,” has become … Read more
Mercedes-Benz’s big Sprinter van can be many things — a delivery van, a service vehicle, sometimes even a home for well-heeled #vanlifers — and today, it can be all of that and all-electric with the arrival of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter. And while neither the specs nor the performance are exactly neck-snappers for folks familiar … Read more
ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery are teaming up to create one giant sports streaming service, helping to consolidate your 50 billion different subscriptions. Set to launch near the end of this year, the as of yet unnamed service will provide subscribers access to an entire slew of linear sports networks, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, … Read more
A sign for Publicis Groupe SA is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, July 28, 2013. Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The healthcare division of French ad giant Publicis agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims that its past marketing efforts for drugmakers helped fuel America’s opioid crisis, U.S. … Read more
Starlab Space’s forthcoming space station is so big and heavy that only the formidable SpaceX Starship megarocket can launch it into orbit, but the one-time delivery option comes with distinct benefits. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View Starlab Space, like several other commercial ventures, is racing to deliver a commercial … Read more
Activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners is pushing for BP to urgently change tack, saying it is “highly debatable” whether the oil major’s strategy of reducing fossil fuel investments in favor of clean energy has any chance of succeeding. Giuseppe Bivona, partner and co-chief investment officer at Bluebell, on Tuesday said that the FTSE 100 energy … Read more
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That strategy tapped into deep currents in consumer culture that can drive huge sales—but also overconsumption. “We see all the time that [a customer] wants her Quencher to match her fit, her nail polish, her car, her mood, her kitchen,” Reilly told CNBC in December. “We’re serving her where she wants the product.” Stanley has … Read more
Chinese automaker BYD had one of the biggest stands at the IAA show in Munich, Germany in 2023. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Elon Musk dismissed BYD in 2011 by laughing at their products during a Bloomberg interview. “Have you seen their car?” Musk quipped. “I don’t think it’s particularly attractive, the technology is not very … Read more