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A chip shortage driven by surging demand has led firms including Samsung to raise prices, making products such as smartphones and computers more expensive.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Samsung Electronics forecast Thursday a more than 780 percent leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He didn’t then, but a few years later, he joined a program called Mahal, which dates to Israel’s 1948 founding and addressed a shortage of skilled military personnel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Deol said that, although freight prices had risen after the driver shortage, his company’s costs rose faster than customers’ rates could catch up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Well, truthfully, Mrs. Galley, you may have heard about the worldwide pencil shortage.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

This summer, news reports revealed that multiple sailors had attempted to jump overboard amid shortages of fresh food, disruptions to hot water and laundry services and exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

McCourt said she wouldn't shy away from identifying pressures in the system such as staffing shortages.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

While shipments of crude through the Strait of Hormuz have recently picked up, damage to refineries in the region, along with those in Russia, have led to shortages of some refined products like diesel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

But his supporters also wanted to talk about the high cost of housing - insurance, taxes, mortgage rates and home-owner fees - and healthcare worker shortages.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Soon, there were food shortages, and inflation made their money so worthless that people began burning it for fuel.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple