This article is interesting because it is an example of trading blocs, but it also talks about how Taiwan is doing this in hopes of creating political stability.
This article talks about how Fresno's supply of the raw material required to make concrete, asphalt, road base and other building products is decreasing quickly. Since this raw material is used by a majority of industries, the decreased supply will have a significant effect.
This article talks about how businesses are failing to take advantage of the aggregate demand. There is available demand (maybe hard to see) and companies, by taking too long to hire, are missing out on the demand and, hence, potential profit.
This article is interesting because it talks about the support the cable oligopoly is getting from the government. Apple is trying to enter the oligopoly, but the government is not allowing them to because they want to maintain the oligopoly. They don't want Apple taking a lot of the demand from other companies. Also, innovations have been lacking in cable TV and they don't want Apple to change that and cause price and demand shifts.
This article talks about a oil company in Russia that controls on the gas exports and oil giants are trying to convince the government to liberalize exports. It also mentions how even if they were liberalized, it would take a while to change who exports gas because of loyalty from consumers.