industries

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But capital-intensive industries whose cash flows are current, contracted, or partly protected from higher financing costs held up much better.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Some lenders are applying more conservative underwriting criteria to entire industries because of the threat that AI poses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

AI might be more present in some industries than others, said Jamie Johnson, a career coach at the University of Phoenix.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

To finance the initiative, he invoked the Defense Production Act, a Cold War-era law that grants the president broad authority to support industries considered vital to national security.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The deep-pile carpets, the expensive genuine wood desks, reminded him that garbage collecting and trash disposal had, since the war, become one of Earth’s important industries.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick