Author: Business TV

Refraction AI, an autonomous robotics startup, created the REV-1, a low-cost, lightweight autonomous delivery robot that can operate in both the bike lane and on the roadway. Mashable news video

aceApp is fun, it’s free, but the existential dread you feel when you stare into the eyes of your elderly self might not be the creepiest thing about the app. CNN’s Jon Sarlin looks into why apps like FaceApp could be more than they seem .CNN Business video

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida on the state of the U.S. economy, the central bank’s inflation target and President Trump’s attacks against the Fed. FOX Business Network video.

BTS, a seven-member South Korean boy band from Seoul. The band has sold millions of albums and is one of the most-watched artists on YouTube. Not to mention their stadium shows around the globe have quickly sold out. Should BTS maintain their popularity, they could generate $37 billion in economic value for South Korea over the next 10 years./ CNBC news video. Midtown Tribune Business.

Cardboard boxes are a really big deal in the U.S. Amazon alone shipped over 5 billion packages through Prime in 2017. But as Amazon moves to plastic mailers and paper mailers the corrugated box market is bracing for the fallout. There are other players in the space but today the four big cardboard box manufacturers that dominate the market are International Paper, WestRock, Packaging Corporation of America and Georgia-Pacific. CNBC news video.Midtown Tribune business

Phil Flynn of The Price Futures Group and Neuberger Berman senior research analyst Daniel Flax react to the recent market rally. FOX Business Network video.Midtown Tribune news.

French startup Glowee is rethinking lighting by harnessing ‘bioluminescence’ – light produced by living organisms, like jellyfish or fireflies. With lighting accounting for up to 30% of global electricity consumption, CEO and founder Sandra Rey has been looking to nature to inspire how biological lighting systems might help humans use energy better. Bloomberg video.

As marijuana has been legalized in states across the country, investors have identified a major business opportunity. Still, the cannabis market isn’t all easy money. In California, new companies are scaling up operations, but some smaller ones fight to survive, challenged by the new regulations that accompany legalization and stiffer competition. PBS news video.New York Midtown Tribune news.