Economy of New York (state)
The economy of the State of New York is reflected in its gross state product in 2025 of $2.465 trillion, ranking third in size behind the larger states of California and Texas. If New York State were an independent nation, it would rank as the 8th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP. However, in 2024, the…
Economy of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a developing mixed economy. It was valued at LKR 32.7 trillion (around US$109 billion) in 2025 by gross domestic product (GDP) and $371.27 billion by purchasing power parity (PPP) Sri Lanka's economy has experienced a strong recovery in recent years, driven by rising domestic consumption, increased…
Gridserve
Gridserve Sustainable Energy Limited, stylised as GRIDSERVE, is a British company founded in 2017 to develop, own and operate critical infrastructure for sustainable energy production. Gridserve opened the UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt in 2020, with the second opening in April 2022 and plans to…
Automotive industry in India
The automotive industry in India in 2025 is the world's third-largest by annual production worth US$250 billion, behind the United States (US$880 billion) and China (US$530 billion). The growth of automotive industry in India is fueled by the country's GDP growth (world's 3rd largest in PPP and 4th largest nominally)…
Pixel 3
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are a pair of Android-based smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Google as part of the Google Pixel product line. They collectively serve as the successors to the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. They were officially announced on October 9, 2018 at the Made by Google event and released in…
Electricity market in France
The electricity market in France comprises the organizational forms of the electricity production and marketing sector, which has been undergoing a process of economic liberalization since the late 1990s. Following on from a public monopoly supplying electricity at administered rates, the creation of the electricity…
Toys "R" Us
Toys "R" Us is an American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer that was founded in April 1948 by Charles Lazarus in Washington, D.C. The retailer initially began as Children's Supermart, selling furniture until it refocused itself as Toys "R" Us in June 1957. By the end of the 1970s, Toys "R" Us had opened…
1979 oil crisis
The 1979 oil crisis, sometimes referred to as the second oil crisis (in reference to the 1973 oil crisis), refers to the drop in oil production in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution that led to an energy crisis in 1979. Although the global oil supply only decreased by approximately four percent, the oil markets'…
Criticism of Amazon
Amazon has been criticized on many issues, including anti-competitive business practices, its treatment of workers, offering counterfeit or plagiarized products, objectionable content of its books, tax and subsidy deals with governments supplying law enforcement with facial recognition surveillance tools; forming…
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