Thursday morning news drop
Ask a Supply Chain Expert: Are Product Shortages Our New Normal? ’Tis the season to unpack the pandemic’s impact on production and distribution (Walrus)
Canada’s big banks expected to raise dividends next week but size of increases will vary widely Bank buildings are photographed in Toronto's financial district on June 27, 2018. When The Big Six banks announce earnings for their fiscal fourth quarter next week, dividends could rise by an average of 20 per cent, according to analysts. (Globe and Mail)
B.C. flooding exposes pipeline, raises concerns along Trans Mountain route The federally-owned company says there have been no leaks along the existing route but crews are working to inspect for any damage (Narwhal)
Why NBA players are hoarding Kobe Bryant's Nike sneaker line On a quiet evening a few weeks before the start of the regular season, Wilson Taylor was deep inside Paycom Center's laundry room, which doubles as the Oklahoma City Thunder equipment manager's deep storage facility. At a rack pushed up against the wall, he ran his hands over a layer of dust on a cluster of black and gold Nike shoe boxes. Kobe 8 System TB, size 13.5. He smiled, knowing the score he'd just uncovered. He pulled out his phone, took a picture and texted it to Thunder rookie guard Josh Giddey. "No way!" Giddey wrote back. "Can I come right now?" (ESPN)
A look under the hood of the most successful streaming service on the planet: Netflix’s secret sauce is something none of us ever see A service’s guts, the engineering behind the app itself, are the foundation of any streamer’s success, and Netflix has spent the last 10 years building out an expansive server network called Open Connect in order to avoid many modern streaming headaches. It’s the thing that’s allowed Netflix to serve up a far more reliable experience than its competitors and not falter when some 111 million users tuned in to Squid Game. (The Verge)
Ten Crypto — Or Web 3.0 — Arguments to Bluff Your Way Through Thanksgiving How to survive the most contentious day of the year (Bloomberg)
We Live By a Unit of Time That Doesn’t Make Sense: The seven-day week has survived for millennia, despite attempts to make it less chaotic. (The Atlantic)
The most infamous balloon mishaps from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is all fun and games until one of the balloons goes down. Since the parade started marching balloons around Manhattan in 1927, the massive floating figures have occasionally come untethered, blown clear away, or been punctured, stabbed, deflated and subjected to all sorts of ignominy. (CNN)
Keanu Reeves Knows the Secrets of the Universe Guy’s always working—sixty-eight movies in thirty-five years. Playing killing machines, doofuses, romantics, messiahs, and devils. But always Keanu. Which always means something more. (Esquire)
Environmental concerns raised as ‘iceberg homes’ become more popular Some wealthy homeowners are looking to expand by building below ground to create an ‘iceberg home,’ where more of the house is below ground than above. But as the properties grow in popularity, so do the environmental concerns.