[ad_1] Updated Jan. 1, 2024 12:05 am ET A surprise surge in American oil and gas production and exports is helping to keep the world stocked, blunting the impact of…
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How IKEA Downsized to Go Downtown
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 31, 2023 12:20 am ET PARIS—There was no instruction manual when IKEA’s Paris team set to work building a new kind of city-center store. The Swedish furniture…
India’s Infrastructure Push Is Key to Taking on China
[ad_1] The coming few years will be a litmus test for India’s ambition to become a manufacturing hub rivaling China. A big question mark is how quickly it can build…
Shoppers Kept Spending This Holiday Season
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 26, 2023 9:14 am ET Shoppers opened their wallets this holiday season as they have for much of 2023, even crowding into shopping malls to scoop up…
North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider
[ad_1] Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ET HAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the U.S., one state caught its attention in particular:…
Toshiba, Rohm to Invest $2.69 Billion to Make Power Devices in Boost to Japan Chip Industry
[ad_1] Toshiba and electric-parts company Rohm will invest $2.69 billion in a venture to produce power devices, a move aligned with Tokyo’s drive to ensure a stable supply of semiconductors…
Opinion | I’ll Cheer as They Cashier the Self-Checkout Device
[ad_1] Booths, a supermarket chain in Northern England, recently announced it is closing the self-checkout lanes in most of its stores. Returning to the fully staffed way of doing business…