Innovation and connectivity are slowly bringing more women into a career in trucking, driving cultural change in the male-dominated industry

Kazi Awal/Insider The women in the technical and training teams at Volvo Group North America. Photo courtesy of Volvo Group North America The truck-driver shortage is at an all-time high. The industry may have 160,000 jobs to fill by 2030.  More women are getting into trucking, encouraged by online communities and engineering advances. This article…

The hybrid business world has made sharing, editing, and signing documents more complex. Here are 4 ways people can work better.

Adobe Today’s businesses have to send, edit, and update multiple forms and documents. 54% of workers say they spend more time looking for files than responding to messages.  Enterprises are streamlining workflows with flexible, secure document management applications.  Today’s employees rely on digital documents to get their jobs done — from filing an invoice to…

Russia’s crude deliveries to China and India have plunged 30% from their wartime peak as concerns mount that Asia can’t fully absorb Moscow’s shrinking oil market

Russian President Vladimir Putin during the CSTO summit in Moscow on May 16, 2022. Getty Images Crude flows from Russia to Asia hit their lowest four-week average leading up to July 15 in nearly four months. Still, since war began, India and China have imported huge amounts of Russian crude oil.  The recent decline signals…

A rally in bitcoin and ether push crypto market cap back above $1 trillion as digital assets struggle against bear market

Bitcoin has tumbled in 2022 but JPMorgan has warmed to the asset. Getty Images The market value of cryptocurrencies reclaimed the $1 trillion threshold on Monday for the first time since June 13.Monday’s more than 5% rally in both bitcoin and ether helped drive broad gains across the crypto sector.The gains come amid a devastating…

Ford unveiled its most powerful and expensive F-150 pickup truck yet — see the $109,000 Raptor R

The 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R. Ford Ford unveiled the most powerful F-150 ever, unseating the electric F-150 Lightning. The 2023 F-150 Raptor R promises to produce 700 horsepower from a supercharged V8 engine.  It’s built for crushing the harshest off-road terrain. It starts at more than $100,000.  If the Ford F-150 Raptor is something…

London Luton airport and the UK’s largest air force base have halted flights amid extreme temperatures: ‘The runway has melted’

The RAF Brize Norton base is the UK’s largest military air force base. David Goddard/Getty Images RAF Brize Norton halted flights on Monday after extreme heat “melted” the runway, Sky News reports.  London’s Luton airport also suspended flights due to a runway “surface defect” caused by the heat. Britain is bracing for record temperatures as…

Rep. Jody Hice is the latest Trump insider to be subpoenaed in Georgia probe of 2020 election interference

Rep. Jody Hice, a Georgia Republican. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Rep. Jody Hice has been subpoenaed by a Georgia grand jury probing 2020 election interference. Hice has echoed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud. Hice has asked to transfer the subpoena to a federal court, POLITICO reported. Rep. Jody Hice, a Georgia Republican…

A key gauge of the housing market saw its steepest drop since the early days of the pandemic

Home building in Miami Joe Raedle/Getty Images Builder confidence fell sharply in July, the National Association of Home Builders said Monday. The NAHB attributed the fall to high inflation and rising rates, which are crushing mortgage demand. The drop is the seventh-straight monthly decline and the NAHB’s lowest-ever reading, excluding the early pandemic. High inflation…

Russia distances itself from the US dollar further as it moves to trade oil with India using the UAE’s local currency: report

Russian President Vladimir Putin receives Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images Russia and Indian refiners are set to trade oil not in US dollars but in the UAE’s local currency, Reuters reported.  Sources told Reuters that more deals priced in UAE dirhams will happen as Moscow…