Johnson & Johnson announces $5.5 billion settlement of talc lawsuits
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits claiming its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The settlement resolves litigation that has pursued the company for years regarding baby powder and other talc-based products.
Read full story →Why agriculture’s biggest challenges are no longer cyclical
Agriculture now faces permanent structural challenges from climate risks, shifting trade dynamics, ESG requirements, and changing consumer expectations rather than cyclical difficulties. These transformations are fundamentally altering how the sector operates across production, trade relationships, and regulatory compliance.
Peregrine Capital: AI conviction intact after volatile first half marked by war and oil shock
An oil price spike triggered by war in March caused significant market volatility that fully recovered by April. Peregrine Capital maintains confidence in artificial intelligence investments long-term despite investor concerns about near-term expenses of building AI infrastructure.
Our electric grid wasn’t built for this kind of demand
The U.S. electric grid, valued at approximately $1.5 trillion and spanning nearly 7 million miles, was designed for centralized generation and predictable demand but now faces surging power needs from AI data centers, industrial reshoring, and electrification. The grid infrastructure remains constrained by decades-old manual processes and construction methods that cannot keep pace with the structural shift in where electricity is generated and consumed.