"Online retail had been steadily growing for years, but the pandemic supercharged that growth, and probably pulled forward a decade of online retail growth into just a couple years."

“The challenges facing companies today mirror the economic planning debates of the Cold War, with many of the same issues returning. There are clear differences with Soviet-style centralized planning. But an increasingly consolidated set of companies plan huge swaths of the U.S. economy.”

“There’s mounting evidence that a short-term win at the bargaining table can mean a loss in terms of overall trust and cooperation. That can leave everyone—including the ‘winner’—worse off.”

“These steamship lines are having to be agile to the circumstances. The other ports are ready to receive. What is a challenge for Baltimore is an opportunity up and down the coast”

“To get more women into senior positions, we need more in junior positions. And delivering the same degrees to the same number of women as men is the foundation for future equity.”

“In terms of our dependence on China and other foreign sources, it’s a drop in the bucket. More significantly, it begins to plug a gaping hole in the lithium supply chain, refining. Coupled with refining expertise built over the last two decades and less-stringent work standards, loosening China’s grip on the lithium supply chain will be easier said than done.”

“Given the peer-reviewed, empirical evidence of its effectiveness, this policy will decrease voter participation, especially among those who face the most barriers: racial minorities, the elderly, the disabled, the military, and stressed-out parents with young children.”

“The audit committee should be paying attention to the nature of the deficiency to better understand if this is something that could allow a material misstatement to go undetected at their company.”

“[During the holidays], stores typically have people that maybe are new or temporary seasonal hires, and they’re easier marks for criminals.”