 | With the labor-management struggle at the Pacific Coast ports reaching a critical point in the next week or so, it’s good timing for Congress to focus on the efficiency of U.S. ports. |
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| McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency. |
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| As labor productivity in manufacturing rises we need less of that labour to produce the same amount of manufactures. |
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| So much for the rally. Oil will likely still head as low as $30, analyst John Kilduff told CNBC on Thursday. |
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| Record imports propelled by a strengthening dollar and U.S. economy pushed the trade deficit to a two-year high in December. |
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| The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has offered a contract that would increase the wages of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) workers by roughly 3 percent |
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| Alibaba is testing drones to deliver ginger tea ordered from its Taobao e-commerce website, the company confirmed on Wednesday, as it steps up efforts to compete with American rival Amazon. |
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| Amazon is thinking about showcasing its hardware in stores, a strategy that Apple pioneered and Microsoft aped |
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| A full report on activity at U.S. factories in December shows drops in both shipments and new orders, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. |
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| Management and labor at the ports are blaming each other for the epic congestion. And it appears impossible for both sides' stories to be true |
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