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India Halts Sugar Diversion to Ethanol After El Nino Hurts Crops

India has ordered state-owned fuel retailers to stop procuring ethanol made from sugar and key sugarcane-based feedstocks in move that may help keep a lid on prices of the sweetener.

We haven't written up this one. Bloomberg has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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New Matt Faherty study of the NSF

From the Executive Summary: Therefore, the NSF, NIH, and the federal government should put far more resources and effort into developing metascience.

  • Matt Faherty's study urges increased NSF resources for metascience development.
  • Metascience could test NSF funding reform proposals like people-over-projects model.
  • September 2026 NSF Office of Metascience aligns with Faherty's recommendations.

Could Shopify Stock Repeat Amazon's Run Since 2007?

The e-commerce platform is about as big now as Amazon was in 2007. But does the stock give buyers the same room to grow?

  • Shopify's stock price nearing new record at $170.
  • Shopify's 2025 revenue of $13.3 billion compared to Amazon's $14.8 billion in 2007.
  • Shopify's 2025 GMV growth of 29%, more than Amazon's 2007 growth.

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