Times Getting Tough for Airplane Manufacturers

Times Getting Tough for Airplane Manufacturers

Pressure to cut costs has caused the world’s two largest airplane makers—Boeing and Airbus—to make an emergency landing. Both companies have done layoffs and are planning to do more amid reduced demands for airplanes and the need to reduce production costs. Boeing...
YouTube Sets 10,000-View Threshold for Ads

YouTube Sets 10,000-View Threshold for Ads

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the backlash Google was experiencing when advertisers discovered that their ads were appearing alongside offensive content. Several very large brands opted to pull their non-search ads until Google addressed the problem. Now, in...
Paper Wasps Live By the Supply and Demand Theory

Paper Wasps Live By the Supply and Demand Theory

Here’s a new twist on an old economic theory: the supply and demand theory plays a role in the way paper wasps in southern Spain behave. These wasps live in small nests where “helper wasps” essentially do the housework for the dominant, breeding wasps. Until now,...
Netflix Wants to Be a News Source

Netflix Wants to Be a News Source

Netflix is dropping hints that it wants to expand into news programming. Variety reports that the entertainment distributor is hoping to add news shows to its already versatile repertoire, including some of its own shows like House of Cards and Orange is the New...