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Their Soybeans Piling Up, Farmers Hope Trade War Ends Before Beans Rot

November 6, 2018

North Dakota’s soybean crops are flourishing. But China has stopped buying.

For Lean Production Processes to Work, a Company Needs to Be All In

November 1, 2018

For a company in Chesterfield, Mo., it involved something as seemingly simple as attaching a trash can to an employee’s chair.

A Store Had to Move Thousands of Books. So a Human Chain Was Formed.

November 1, 2018

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The bookstore's old-school — yet innovative — transportation solution: “Care to lend a hand?”

Global Shipping Freight Rates Slump as Trade Slows

October 29, 2018

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The cost of hiring container ships has plunged 24 percent from a multi-year peak while raw material vessel rates have slumped 10 percent from a five-year high.

When Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s More Complicated.

October 24, 2018

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Half a century ago, a typical Sears salesman could walk out of the store at retirement with a nest egg worth well over a million in today’s dollars, feathered with company stock.

IBM Takes Cybersecurity Training on the Road

October 16, 2018

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IBM is introducing its mobile cybercommand center, tucked into a heavily customized truck.

Shipping Industry Stares Down New Fuel Restrictions

October 10, 2018

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Tens of thousands of cargo ships, tankers, container ships and cruise liners belch noxious sulfuric gases and fine particles that drift over cities and cover them with smog.

Ahead of Holidays, FedEx Leans on Bonuses to Keep Pilots From Retiring

October 5, 2018

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With the peak holiday shipping season fast-approaching, global package delivery giant FedEx Corp is paying retirement-age pilots bonuses of up to $110,000 to keep them flying into next year.

Here’s What’s in the New Nafta

There’s a lot to digest in the new trade agreement that the United States, Mexico and Canada finalized in deadline-beating fashion on Sunday, starting with a name change.

October 2, 2018

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There’s a lot to digest in the new trade agreement that the United States, Mexico and Canada, starting with a name change.

Nafta’s Fate Hinges on a Four-Letter Word: Milk

For the seasonal salad at the popular Oz Kafe in Ottawa, the shavings of Gouda cheese are a salty and delicious culinary accompaniment. To the United States, they are an element of an increasingly bitter trade dispute over dairy products, one that threatens to undermine its decades-long agreement with Canada.

September 27, 2018

The New York Times

For the seasonal salad at the popular Oz Kafe in Ottawa, the shavings of Gouda cheese are a salty and delicious culinary accompaniment. To the United States, they are an element of an increasingly bitter trade dispute over dairy products, one that threatens to undermine its decades-long agreement with Canada.