US companies weigh price hikes as material costs rise
Higher costs for oil, industrial metals and other materials have emerged as a headwind during US earnings season, amplifying inflation worries at the same time the labor market is tightening.
Higher costs for oil, industrial metals and other materials have emerged as a headwind during US earnings season, amplifying inflation worries at the same time the labor market is tightening.
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May 6, 2018
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Professor Stephen Hawking's final theory on the origin of the universe, which he worked on in collaboration with Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has been published today in the Journal of High Energy Physics.
General Physics
May 2, 2018
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Legislation that could help usher in a new era of self-driving cars advanced in Congress on Wednesday after the bill's sponsors agreed to compromises to address some concerns of safety advocates.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 4, 2017
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Do you know your country's current inflation rate? What do you think it will be in the future? And how do you, personally, try to plan your finances accordingly?
Economics & Business
Jul 31, 2017
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Physicists are capitalizing on a direct connection between the largest cosmic structures and the smallest known objects to use the universe as a "cosmological collider" and investigate new physics.
General Physics
Jul 20, 2017
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Fifth-graders making styrofoam solar system models may have the right idea. Researchers at Lehigh University have discovered a new planet orbiting a star 320 light years from Earth that has the density of styrofoam. This ...
Astronomy
May 15, 2017
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New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is suing Japanese manufacturer Takata and a long list of automakers in connection with the sale of cars with dangerous air bag inflators.
Business
Jan 20, 2017
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Renting rather than owning a home may not be as expensive as many people think, according to financial research from the University of Stirling.
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2017
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U.S. auto safety regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective air bags, giving the company time to prove that the devices are safe and to possibly avoid a huge financial hit.
Business
Nov 22, 2016
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U.S. auto safety regulators have closed an investigation into Nissan Rogue air bags without seeking a recall.
Business
Nov 2, 2016
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