Business and Economic News

Uber plans to kill surge pricing, though drivers say it makes job worth it
Uber is using machine learning to predict high demand, which would allow the app to schedule extra drivers instead of hiking rates at busy times. But such a change would hurt driver pay.
Former ambassador Jon Huntsman on US-China relations
A Twin Cities speech by former US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman. The former Utah governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate addressed the Hendrickson Forum at St. Mary's University of Minnesota. Huntsman says China plays the long game--the really long game-- and the US plays the short game. There are lessons each can learn from the other.