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How Germany Europe's biggest economy — became so dependent on Russian natural gas that it faces a 'virtually unavoidable' recession if it cuts off supply
Russia accounted for 55% of Germany's natural-gas imports in 2021 and 40% in the first quarter of 2…
Huileng Tan
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Natural disasters set records around the world in 2017 - these were the worst
People around the world recorded record-breaking devastation, much of it caused by higher-than-usua…
Hilary Brueck
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The price of lumber is wild right now and it's a disaster for the already disastrous housing market
Lumber is hugely expensive right now and that's bad because you need lumber to build new houses. Am…
Libertina Brandt,Hillary Hoff…
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Hurricane Harvey is the 10th natural disaster in 2017 to cause more than $1 billion in damage
While Harvey is on pace to be one of the most costly disasters in US history, it isn't the only dev…
Skye Gould,Bob Bryan
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From houses to cars and bikes, everything is getting more expensive as supply-chain issues cripple the economic reopening
Americans are ready to spend. But companies underestimated demand, US shipping ports are congested,…
Hillary Hoffower
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The US saw 14 billion-dollar disasters in 2019 - the world's second-hottest year ever
Even if all countries stick to the voluntary goals set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the wor…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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WeWork could cause a disaster for New York City's real estate market
The problem is that this form of "Uber" is one that has guaranteed all its drivers' pay and leased …
Daniel Alpert
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Tiny houses are getting more expensive, and owners are struggling to afford them. But one expert says the price hikes are great for the movement.
Zack Giffin of "Tiny House Nation" says the prices could help legalize the movement, but people who…
Frank Olito
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There Were 22,000 People Killed By Natural Disasters In 2013, The Lowest In A Decade
Rapid economic shifts, population growth and urbanization in developing nations are putting more pe…
AFP
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How these millennials' invention can save more disaster victims
Jonathan: Yeah, so that was inspired by this thing called dazzle camouflage. There was a marine art…
Nathaniel Lee,Jessica Orwig
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Apple's $5 billion 'spaceship' campus isn't attached to the planet, which helps it withstand major disasters like earthquakes
In an interview with The New York Times, Apple chief design officer Jony Ive said that earthquake p…
Ben Gilbert
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A full-scale nuclear winter would trigger a global famine. A disaster expert put together a doomsday diet to save humanity.
The Denmark-based company Unibio is already developing a way to convert methane into a highly conce…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
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How this programmer landed a job on Amazon's disaster relief squad, which has delivered $15 million of goods to displaced people worldwide
Abe Diaz joined Amazon about three and half years ago to work as a programmer on the Prime Video te…
Julie Bort
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The 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico may grow to the size of Massachusetts this summer. That could make seafood more expensive.
This influx of nitrogen and phosphorus leads to rampant algae blooms on the surface. When the algae…
Aylin Woodward
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The US spent more money on weather disasters in 2017 than any year on record - here's the final total
Hurricane Harvey, which caused widespread flooding in Houston in August, was the single most expens…
Jeremy Berke
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Forget Portland and Seattle - people priced out of expensive California cities are buying homes in Idaho for 'monopoly money'
It wasn't long ago that people priced out of California were fleeing to Seattle and Portland, but p…
Tanza Loudenback
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The mystery of MH370 is about to be laid to rest for good - here are all the theories, dead ends, and unanswered questions from the most bizarre airline disaster of the century
The Malaysian government started the latest search in January 2018 in partnership with US-based pri…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Businesses Need To Completely Rethink How They Deal With Disasters
Noting that various institutions have widely different perspectives about supply chain risk assessm…
Knowledge@Wharton
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JCPENNEY EARNINGS DISASTER - SAME-STORE SALES TANK 32%
Despite the impacts of reduced sales and gross margin and restructuring charges associated with the…
Matthew Boesler
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This Man's $600,000 Ad Disaster On Facebook Is A Warning For All Small Business Owners
Facebook advertising has a little-discussed problem: When you run an ad, people operating fake prof…