ATU Images | The Image Bank | Getty Images Sugar is getting a lot less sweet for buyers. Sugar prices surged 21.5% in August, marking its strongest monthly gain since October 2010, when it rose 24%. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index also rose in August amid broad-based increases, led by…
The GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle was engineered to meet U.S. military specifications. It is based on the automaker’s off-road Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture. GM Defense DETROIT — General Motors and Ford Motor have rivaled each other for more than a century in racing, vehicle sales and many other automobile-related activities. But their…
A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Ellen Schmidt | AP MILFORD, Utah — Deep in the Utah desert, down miles of gravel roads and hours from a major city, Fervo Energy bets it can economically harness heat from the Earth’s core for power,…
Customers pump gas at a Freedom Fuel Network station in Dresher, Pennsylvania, July 8, 2026. Joe Lamberti | Getty Images The Freedom Fuel Network, a chain of gas stations that launched in July with steeply discounted prices touted by President Donald Trump, has expanded with a new location in Detroit as a lawsuit over the…
The El Niño climate event is intensifying into a “supersized” phenomenon that will persist until February 2027, raising the risk of floods, droughts and extreme heat in many countries, the United Nations warned on Thursday. It “has the potential to deliver a massive blow to communities and economies across the world,” Celeste Saulo, secretary general…
American reliance on China for key components used to power data centers is coming under increasing scrutiny as Washington and Beijing battle for AI supremacy, raising the prospect of higher costs and worsening supply chain shortages for the AI buildout. U.S. hyperscalers are racing to build multibillion-dollar data centers for AI, and Chinese firms supply…
Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images SB Energy, the artificial intelligence power infrastructure company backed by Softbank, OpenAI and Nvidia, has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the risk factors listed in the Tuesday filing, SB Energy said it’s “substantially dependent” on the performance of OpenAI as…
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images Traveling during the shoulder season is often touted as a reliable way for people to save money compared with budget-busting travel during the summer months. But those savings are shrinking — in some cases disappearing altogether — and deals can be harder to find, according to travel companies…
Yosemite National Park, California, on April 27, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Trump administration is considering a land swap that could exchange a small piece of Yosemite National Park, or an interest in it, to a private developer seeking a new access road, the Interior Department and the company’s…
A view of a grain field during the early harvest season in the Rostov region, southern Russia, on July 14, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Corn and wheat prices have surged to their highest levels in more than three years. But the forces driving recent rallies for these two crops are notably different….
