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Companies are on the hunt for engineers, but relatively few students are going for the hard science majors and even fewer are graduating.

Millions of Hindu worshippers start every day with a ritual offering of flowers. Temples dump those flowers into the Ganges, adding harmful chemicals and pesticides to a river that’s a lifeline for over 400 million people. Phool, an Indian startup, collects the discarded flowers and transforms them into handmade incense sticks. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE:

Foxconn is known for being the biggest assembler of iPhones. Terry Gou is the chairman and largest shareholder of Foxconn. He’s also one of Taiwan’s richest men. This is the story of how Gou turned a small operation in a shed into the biggest electronics operation on the planet. Now he’s building a $14.5 billion

June 13 (Bloomberg) — Shopping malls across the country are dying. Occupancy rates remain low. So, what’s an owner to do? Pimp their mall! Bloomberg’s Sheila Dharmarajan tours the oldest mall in America, where a last-ditch effort for survival is a transformation into micro apartments. (Source: Bloomberg) — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg Bloomberg

The white-collar world has been forced by Covid-19 into a “work from home” experiment, and the results are in. It turns out we can be just as productive at home, if not more so, and many don’t want to go back to the office — at least not full time. So what will happen to

Welcome to The City of London, once the preserve of stuffy bankers – The City is re-inventing itself as the place to be. New restaurants, bars and hotels have moved into this ancient part of London injecting some late-night atmosphere into The Square Mile.

One of the most lavishly funded gadget startups in Silicon Valley last year was Juicero Inc. It makes a juice machine. The device transforms single-serving packets of finely chopped fruits and vegetables into liquid freshness. But is it worth $399? Video by David Nicholson, Henry Baker ———- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube:

Half of the world’s cork wine stoppers come from Portugal’s cork oak trees. These trees are so important to the country’s ecosystem and economy, they’re protected under Portuguese law. We went inside the forests of Alentejo to see how the cork bark is carefully harvested every nine years so it doesn’t hurt the trees. This

It has been called a telecoms group, a semiconductor group, an investment group – even a hedge fund – but what exactly is SoftBank? The FT explains why the Japanese multinational is like a jigsaw puzzle, with the enigmatic founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son at its core See if you get the FT for

Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese form of lacquer painting. Created using a toxic lacquer harvested from one region of the country, it requires months of application and sanding back layers of paint to build up the image. Last year, a sơn mài painting sold at auction for $972,000. So what makes these paintings so

German payments company Wirecard was the darling of the nation’s fintech industry. Then came the admission that almost $2 billion of the company’s funds had gone missing. The scandal led to the sudden disappearance of its chief operating officer, Jan Marsalek. With his mysterious links to the Austrian secret service and Russian mercenaries, Bloomberg investigates

Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) –- Ever wonder who choreographs and designs the fight scenes and stunts for action movies? One Los Angeles-based company, 87Eleven Action Design, does just that. They are the stunt team behind more than 100 productions, including “The Hunger Games,” “Wolverine,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” Bloomberg heads to 87Eleven’s training gym to

Richard Branson sits down with CNN’s Christine Romans after Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy SpaceX launch last week. Branson expects Virgin Galactic to be in space with people on board within the next few months.

Limited land resources mean that seaweed farming could play a part in satisfying our ever-growing demand for food and animal feed. The industry in Europe is only in its infancy, but in Norway, researchers and seaweed farmers believe the country’s long coastline and clean, cold waters mean seaweed has the potential to be a significant

FT’s Robert Armstrong looks at the surging stock prices of Tesla, Bitcoin and Nasdaq index stalwarts which the Federal Reserve could view as a tech-led asset bubble See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out our Community tab for more stories or

The FT’s Contributing Editor David Allen Green takes us on guided tour of the post-Brexit EU-UK Trade Agreement. Written and narrated by David Allen Green, produced by Tom Hannen. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out our Community tab for more

At the annual Alfred E. Smith charity dinner, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had a chance to poke fun at each other for a good cause. ————————————————– Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ ————————————————– Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our

Air traffic controllers at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are in charge of 909,431 takeoffs and landings at the world’s busiest airport (in a normal year). But the job isn’t easy. Not only are lives on the line, but any mistake at Atlanta could cause a ripple effect of delays across the country and the world.

FT markets editor Katie Martin on the indicators to watch in coming months as fund managers and households look to protect their income and jobs as the world struggles to recover from a pandemic. See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132 ► Check out

Today high-speed trains are comparable to air travel in price and door-to-door speed for shorter journeys. But decades ago locomotives faced fierce competition from air planes and private cars. Then came Japan’s bullet trains. Then This Happened is a series about the numbers, people, and stories behind decisive moments that changed history.

Sept. 1 — Springfield, MO-based National Audio Company opened in 1969 and when other major manufacturers abandoned tape manufacturing for CD production in the late 1990s, the company held on tight. Now, the cassette maker is pumping out more cassettes than ever before. (Video By: Jeniece Pettitt, Ryo Ikegami) — Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube:

When it comes to sustainability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a top line item. But while the general public focuses on electric cars like Tesla’s Model 3, clean energy startup Proterra is leading the charge to electrify buses and large vehicles across America. #BloombergGreen #MassTransit #ElectricVehicles ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube:

Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Self-Directed Investor Chris Camillo discusses the strategy behind his investments. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)

A 60 game arcade, a Star Trek themed home theater, a military style Call of Duty gaming room and a full bar make up the entertainment area of this Florida home.

Christian Louboutin’s trademark red-bottomed shoes have become iconic. Beyoncé wore a custom pair of boots for her Coachella performance, and Cardi B slipped on a pair of “bloody shoes” for her “Bodak Yellow” music video. But why do these heels cost hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of dollars? —————————————————— Business Insider tells you all you need

This is a Đông Tảo chicken. Often known as dragon chickens, these thick-legged birds can sell for over $2,000. Each one can take years of raising and special care, and the best are even entered into beauty competitions across Vietnam. So, what does it take to raise a Đông Tảo chicken, and why are they

Ocean Spray Cranberry farms are a part of a large cooperative established in 1933 that includes the US, Canada, and Chile. Many of the farms are fourth generation and greater family farms. Each year, Ocean Spray facilities produce about 88 million cans of cranberry sauce and 223 million bottles of juice ————————————————– Following is a

The unmistakable sound of the gong has held spiritual significance in Southeast Asia for centuries. Hand-beaten from sheet materials, the labor-intensive shaping and delicate paintwork result in beautiful percussive instruments. Souvenir gongs can be bought for just a few dollars, but large, finely tuned gongs made from the best materials can fetch tens of thousands

Frankincense and myrrh are perhaps best known for their biblical connotations. But this tree sap has been prized across the world for over 6,000 years. These fragrant incense pieces come from the Burseraceae family of trees and are found across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. But despite recent attempts to protect these

Fifty years ago, a helicopter company called New York Airways whisked passengers from the rooftop of the iconic Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan to any city airport in just 10 minutes. A fatal accident in 1977 brought that era to an end. 40 years later, E-VTOL technology could open a new chapter in short-distance