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Used car prices, supply-demand balance, and the ongoing chip shortage in the industry were discussed with a car industry expert in an interview by NTD.  

In Beijing, crematoriums are working round-the-clock to meet that surge in demand. A makeshift hospital there is being re-purposed into a makeshift crematory. It’s to be complete with 2,000 cremation furnaces. Here’s what one man, believed to be a worker on the site, said in a video.  

Trade numbers raised fresh worries for China’s economy on Sept. 6. Exports and imports both lost momentum in August. They took a hit as soaring inflation hit overseas demand, while fresh lockdowns and heatwaves disrupted production at home.

SYDNEY—An Australian regulator sent legal letters to Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. demanding they share their strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms or face fines. The e-Safety Commissioner, a body set up to protect internet users, said it used laws which took effect in January to compel […]

U.S. natural gas prices have jumped to a 14-year high, hitting almost $10. Prices in Europe also surged. What’s behind the surge, and how does it impact consumers? NTD talked to Tom McNulty, an expert on the energy industry, to learn more.

Mortgage applications in the United States decreased 6.3 percent for the week ending July 15 compared to the previous week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. Mortgage demand fell for a third week in a row to the lowest point since 2000 as high inflation and interest rates hammered […]

A record 42 million people around the United States are expected to hit the road for trips over the July 4 Independence Day weekend, AAA said Tuesday, absorbing historically high fuel costs to crowd the highways. That figure, should it pan out, would surpass 2019’s peak, when 41.5 million people traveled by vehicle on Independence […]

Fake meat company Beyond Meat is showing signs of decreased demand in the U.S. market.

There are signs we may see some relief in the freight supply chain. Trucking was one of the big bottlenecks during the pandemic, with fewer drivers available to move a massive number of orders. Some business owners we talked to at the time said this was one of the main causes of inflation for them. […]

The world’s top computer chip maker gave a glimmer of hope on the global chip shortage—kind of. The shortage is already keeping some products off the shelf and pushing up the price of others. But TSMC says demand for certain types of chips is slowing down.

The father of a Navy SEAL candidate who died during training several years ago levied several accusations against the military after another SEAL candidate died earlier this month. “I’d like to send my condolences to Kyle Mullen’s family. No one can relate to their situation like I can,” James Lovelace told Fox News on Sunday, […]

Iceland says it will end whaling from 2024 amid dwindling demand and continuing controversy. “There are few justifications to authorize whale hunting beyond 2024,” when current quotas expire, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir said in an op-ed in Friday’s Morgunblaðið newspaper. The minister wrote it was “undisputed” that whale hunting had not had […]

Demand for goods with a “Made in Germany” sticker on it seems to have gone soft, and this is partly because of weaker demand from China. New figures out Monday showed Germany’s industrial orders taking a surprise tumble. They were down 6.9 percent on the month in October, when analysts had forecast little change. The drop […]

The Biden administration Tuesday slashed its production requirements for ethanol and other biofuels, citing reduced demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Administration officials also moved to deny petitions to exempt small refineries from their obligations under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), saying that they weren’t able to show exemptions were justified under the Clean […]

Consumers are splurging on diamonds this year. Signet Jewelers is raising its outlook for the second time in recent weeks, and it’s buying another jewelry chain.

NTD spoke with Amazon seller Fernando Campos, co-founder of Marketplace Ops, about business and supply chains.

NTD spoke with the owner of one of the smaller American retailers, Phil Scaggs, the owner and CEO of Right Rope, a rope distributor in Michigan. From within his company’s wide selection of products, he said it seems like customers are spending their money on everything.