AA and United Scrap Some Sundaes Due to Dry Ice Shortage

AA and United Scrap Some Sundaes Due to Dry Ice Shortage Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site […]

Carlisle Lake District Airport inaugural flights DELAYED following shortage of staff

The announcement that flights from Carlisle Lake District Airport would connect the region to the rest of the UK pleased many people who lived in the local area. Flights with Loganair were to fly to Dublin, Belfast, and London on June 4. The inaugural flights have since been delayed due to a shortage of air […]

Japan Is Drinking So Much Whisky, There’s a Severe Shortage

Japan Is Experiencing a Severe Whisky Shortage Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include all […]

Emirates is Cutting Flights Due to a Pilot Shortage

Emirates is Cutting Flights Due to a Pilot Shortage Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]

The trucking industry is handling its driver shortage in a unique way — and it could crush others that depend on it (GIS)

Tim Shaffer/Reuters A shortage of truck drivers in the US has increased their wages, on average. Unlike many other industries, trucking companies have been able to pass on these higher costs to their clients through higher prices.  But in most other industries, including those getting crushed by higher freight costs, it’s not as easy to […]

Wanted: A Shortage of Qualified Automotive Technicians Has Left Service Departments Scrambling To Find New Talent

– Even the most high-tech automobile is, at its core, a machine. And machines break sooner or later, sending most owners into a dealership or independent garage for service. But lately, and no pun intended, there’s a wrench in the works: a shortage of qualified mechanics. This comes just as the proliferation of electronic controls […]

Businesses in Taiwan are logging their employees’ toilet-paper use as the country grapples with a shortage

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Taiwan has is experiencing a rise in toilet paper prices, triggering shortages in stores around the country and leading some businesses to take drastic measures to conserve limited supplies.  An employee at Sesame Street English, an English-language school in Taipei’s Neihu District, told Business Insider that her school locks up its toilet paper […]

The Air Force is still grappling with a personnel shortage — and one part of the solution can’t be rushed

The Air Force is still grappling with a personnel shortage — and one part of the solution can’t be rushed NOW WATCH: The rise and fall of Hooters Air — the airline that lost the ‘breastaurant’ $ 40 million See Also: The secretive B-21 stealth bomber could be tested sooner than expected The Air Force […]

Homebuyers now have something else to be worried about besides the housing shortage

Mark Blinch/Reuters Mortgage rates have climbed to a two-year high.  What’s different about this rise is a growing concern that borrowing costs are more likely to continue going up.  The recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created anxiety about housing, since it reduced some of the benefits that homeowners enjoyed.  However, the impact from […]

3 ways organizations are dealing with the blockchain developer shortage

GUEST: Industry juggernauts IBM, Mastercard, and JP Morgan Chase – among many others – are exploring blockchain initiatives. It’s one of the most in-demand positions for consulting firms like Deloitte and Accenture, both of which have focused extensively on blockchain in the past few years. Add to that the hundreds of blockchain-based startups emerging around […]