Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.
Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief, vice-president of Glacier Media
Quartz has reminded me that not all price tags are created equally. In this fascinating look at how prices are set, it notes that your purchase price differs depending on your digital footprint. Quartz
https://qz.com/email/quartz-obsession/1275798/
Glen Korstrom, reporter
This ode to Tom Wolfe explains how the innovative journalist and novelist created a new kind of writing, which was dubbed “new journalism.” Wolfe died May 14 at age 88. New York Times
Nelson Bennett, reporter
Warming seas scrambling northern fisheries as fish ranges shift. Science
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/warming-seas-may-scramble-north-america-s-fishing-industry
If Solar And Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive? Forbes
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor
McKinsey launches petroleum blog.
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/petroleum-blog
Weirdos at work: the value of oddball initiatives in the workplace. McKinsey
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/five-fifty-try-a-little-weird
U.S. energy information administration report on the increase in coal-fired power plants in and around the Middle East. U.S. Energy Information Administration
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36172&src=email
The U.S. National Retail Federation notes that retail imports are up, despite tariff threats from the simmering China-U.S. trade war. National Retail Federation
https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/retail-imports-growing-despite-threat-of-tariffs
Tyler Orton, reporter
After New Yorker's racist rant goes viral, his law firm gets pummeled with 1-star Yelp reviews. CNBC
A white woman called the cops on a black real estate investor. Police defended him. Vox
GM’s 2018 self-driving safety report. General Motors
https://www.gm.com/content/dam/gm/en_us/english/selfdriving/gmsafetyreport.pdf
Albert Van Santvoort, reporter
Regulations affect entrepreneurship very little and actually help to drive growth and innovation. What may actually be hurting entrepreneurship is consolidation and monopolization. Washington Monthly
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2018/null-hypothesis/
Carrie Schmidt, editorial researcher
Death comes for all of us – a long read about prisoners providing hospice care on the inside. New York Times
Emma Crawford Hampel, online editor
Starbucks is competing with KFC in an effort to become China’s biggest fast food chain. The coffee giant is expected to open a new store every 15 hours until 2022. Toronto Star
Sorry not sorry: Is Canada apologizing too much? Justin Trudeau apologized this week for the country’s refusal to let the MS Saint Louis land in Halifax in 1939, prompting Linda Besner to write, “Canada’s sorriest prime minister is getting on people’s nerves.” The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/16/canada-justin-trudeau-apologising-too-much
