The global air cargo rally picked up pace in May with traffic soaring 12.7 percent, up from an 8.7 percent year-on-year increase in April and more than three times higher than the five-year average growth rate of 3.8 percent, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported.

For days, global shipping was still feeling the effects of a cyber attack that recently hit A.P. Moller-Maersk - showing the scale of the damage a computer virus can unleash on the technology dependent and interconnected industry.

Consumer packaged goods giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation has diverted 95 percent of manufacturing waste from landfills and diverted more than 5,000 metric tons of post-consumer waste through partnership programs around the world, according to the company’s recently released sustainability report.

April Richardson, president of D.C. Sweet Potato Cake, drove more than 17 hours from her home base in Hyattsville, Md., with her sister singing karaoke songs along the way, to pitch her sweet potato cakes at Wal-Mart's recent open call event for American manufacturers in Bentonville, Ark.