The rise and fall of American vinyl manufacturers

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Vinyl has made a record-breaking comeback, with sales now outpacing those of CDs and mp3 downloads. It is now the music industry's highest-grossing physical format.

China Outpaces Rest of World in Working Robots

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Look out for a boom in the 'Toyota Camry of housing' that could make starter homes cheaper

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An ADU built by Villa Homes with a porch
Manufactured homes offer some of the most affordable options on the market, particularly in rural and exurban areas.

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The most immediate threat to China's economy isn't external. It's internal.

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Chinese and foreign tourists in Shanghai, China.
China's economic challenges include weak consumer sentiment and demand.

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The West is freaking out that China is making too much stuff, and it looks like China might be starting to agree

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Employees working on a production line.
A factory for lithium-battery products in Yichang, Hubei province, China.

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A factory in Japan is ramping up measures to avoid animals sneaking in after a cat fell in a toxic vat and went on the loose

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A stock image of a ginger cat.
A stock image of a ginger cat.

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Homes made in factories were supposed to save us from the housing crisis, but the companies that make them are failing

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A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them on one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.

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Tesla rejected a major union's claims of health and safety issues at its Berlin gigafactory — weeks after an official said he feared someone could die

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands next to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, both wearing suits and smiling, during the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022
Elon Musk and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opened the Berlin Gigafactory last year.

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Inside the US Factory making Ukraine's most important ammo

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How Borsalino makes 70,000 fedoras with machines from the 1800s

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  • In Alessandria, Italy, craftsmen spend seven weeks making one Borsalino hat.
  • Borsalino has used the same methods since 1857.
  • It takes at least 50 steps to turn raw rabbit fur into a fedora.

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