industries

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Over and over again, Turner shook up established industries by invading quickly and expanding options for consumers, while railing against monolithic competitors who were less daring or nimble than his maverick Turner Broadcasting System.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

MarketWatch: You’ve built eight multibillion-dollar companies across different industries — waste management, equipment rental, logistics and building-products distribution.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Airline executives say fares have been overdue to move up, pointing to other industries that pushed through price increases in the years after the Covid-19 pandemic raised operating costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Shortages of oil and gas, as well as helium for high tech industries and feedstocks for fertiliser, are having an increasingly heavy impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The city’s newspapers loved to crow about the startling increase in the number of workers employed by Chicago’s industries, especially meat-packing.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson