Markets
Pipelines in the vast desert outside of Riyadh resemble the silent infrastructure of a long-standing contract. Every barrel passing through…
Inside a glass office in lower Manhattan, screens flicker on a quiet trading morning, numbers jumping in green and red…
In northern Chile, there is a desert region where the air is so dry that it stings your throat and…
The iPhone 17e sits on a wooden table that looks exactly like every other display on a busy afternoon in…
Exxon Mobil Corporation’s presence feels more like infrastructure than a business in the suburbs of Houston, where corporate campuses blend…
The glass façade of TotalEnergies SE’s headquarters in Paris, which is close to the Seine, reflects a city that feels…
Tanker trucks travel in steady lines toward refineries that hardly ever seem to sleep just outside of Houston, where highways…
The numbers flicker almost too fast to follow on a trading screen in lower Manhattan. Red, green, and then red…
When you enter a typical Ulta Beauty store on a Saturday afternoon, the atmosphere is cheerfully almost chaotic. White counters…
The early morning rush at Delta Air Lines’ headquarters, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, is almost theatrical. Long lines of travelers…
In the financial markets, oil has always had an odd rhythm. Pipelines silently transporting crude across deserts and oceans seem…
In winter, the North Sea’s offshore wind can be fierce. Workers frequently make the joke that the ocean never forgets…