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Big oil is in trouble. Its plan: Flood Africa with plastic.

August 31, 2020 at 4:01 p.m.

According to documents reviewed by The New York Times, an industry group representing the world's largest chemical-makers and fossil fuel companies is lobbying to influence U.S. trade negotiations with Kenya,...

Robots welcome to take over, as pandemic accelerates automation

April 10, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

Since the coronavirus took hold in the United States last month, AMP Robotics has seen a "significant" increase in orders for its robots that use artificial intelligence to sift through...

Should robots have a face?

February 27, 2020 at 10:36 a.m.

The eyes were a hit with executives at global grocery company Ahold Delhaize, which owns the Giant and Stop & Shop supermarket chains. They are now a standard feature on...

When you click buy on Amazon, it may be sweating the supply

February 20, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

That's the situation that Amazon — which typically stocks more than 100 million items, from toilet paper to yoga pants — is working to avoid as the deadly outbreak continues...

Builder taps Web to move inventory

June 16, 2018 at 9:04 a.m.

Last November, Allen Harper says he made an offer of $390,000 for a brand-new three-bedroom house in a development sprouting here in the desert east of Palm Springs. Home builder...

Builder taps Web to move inventory

August 21, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

Last November, Allen Harper says he made an offer of $390,000 for a brand-new three-bedroom house in a development sprouting here in the desert east of Palm Springs. Home builder...

Eminent domain backlash threatens some projects

August 22, 2021 at 10:17 a.m.

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that governments had broad power to take private property to boost economic development, real estate executives cheered. But an unexpected backlash against the ruling...

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