Supply Chain
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UN Trade Body Warns Hormuz Closure Is Straining Prices, Trade and Debt Worldwide
DUBAI, July 20 — Oil prices surged 5% today after an attack on a tanker and sustained US…
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Chipotle Raises Menu Prices 3% as Beef, Freight and Labor Costs Squeeze Margins
WASHINGTON, July 16 — A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows food input costs rose 8.5% in…
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Russian Strikes Idle Ukraine’s Black Sea Grain Corridor at Peak Harvest
KYIV, July 15 — Against this backdrop of grinding war, the story of Ukraine’s Black Sea grain corridor…
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Ukraine Says It Hit 116 Vessels in Azov Sea as Russia Plans New Shipping Routes
LONDON, July 11 — The mechanics of global grain trade are shifting once again, and the Azov Sea…
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New Panama Canal Chief Takes Over as Drought Threatens Further Cuts to Transits
PANAMA CITY, July 10 — The man steering the Panama Canal through its most turbulent period in a…
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War, Drought and Trade Disputes Strain Global Grain Supply Routes
ODESA, July 9 — A 72-hour attack on Russian naval vessels near the grain shipping lanes off Odesa…
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War, Drought and Trade Disputes Squeeze Global Grain Supply, Market Report Says
ROME, July 9 — Against the backdrop of the Black Sea, a new and unexpected dynamic is reshaping…
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Hub Group’s Fifty-Year Climb From a Windowless Office to Intermodal Scale
NEW YORK, July 3 — The figure that matters: roughly 31%. That is the stock decline Hub Group,…
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Hormuz Crossings Fall to 12 on Sunday After Saturday Vessel Strike, Kpler Data Shows
The Strait of Hormuz felt emptier Sunday evening. Vessel-tracking services logged the drop. Fewer ships moved through the…
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Hormuz Shipping Stays Far Below Normal as US-Iran Talks and Tanker Incidents Continue
For the people who live and work around the Strait of Hormuz, the news out of Doha this…
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McCain refuses mayors’ request to delay Hastings plant closure
The last processing season for the Hastings McCain plant is now set. January 31, 2027. After that, the…
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ESI Expands Operations to Meet Demands from AI, Energy, and Manufacturing
Boise, Idaho — The decision Engineered Structures, Inc. announced Tuesday did not come out of nowhere. Behind it…
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CKGSB Economic Symposium Tackles China’s Shifting Global Economic Role
BEIJING, June 22 — Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), a leading business school in China, hosted…
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EUDR Deforestation Deadline Hits Global Supply Chains
The clock is running on a major shift in global supply chains. By the end of 2024, any…
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Eleven Dead as Bus and Truck Collide on Brazil’s BR-163 Highway
A catastrophic head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the night of August 8, 2025, has…
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China’s Rare Earth Export Limits Still Haunt U.S. Supply Chains
BEIJING, July 9 — The rare earth trade dispute between the United States and China, a festering issue…
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China’s rare earth dominance shapes global tech supply chains
BEIJING, July 9 — China’s grip on the global rare earth market is a decades-long story of strategic…
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Panama Canal Expansion 2016: $5.25 Billion Project Doubled Capacity
PANAMA CITY, July 15 — The shift is now a decade old, and it reshaped global trade. Ten…
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Red Sea Attacks Push Ships Around Africa, Adding Days, Fuel and Insurance Costs
ISLAMABAD, July 16 — The Red Sea and Suez Canal route, a maritime corridor handling roughly 12% of…
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Global Food Prices Hit Record High in 2022
Record Food Prices Persist Despite December Slump Global food prices reached unprecedented heights in 2022, driven by a…
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BASF Opens Its Zhanjiang Mega-Site as the Chemical Growth Shifts
LUDWIGSHAFEN, July 7 — The shift is unmistakable. For decades, the German chemical industry was the backbone of…
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War in Ukraine Sends Food Prices Past 2008 Crisis Levels
Global wheat markets are reacting sharply to the disruption of Black Sea exports, yet the farmers who could…
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Spain Deploys 23,000 Police as 75,000 Truckers Strike Over Fuel Prices
Madrid – In response to a growing truckers’ strike that threatens to cripple supply chains, the Spanish government…
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A 2022 Forecast Reread: Housing and Zero-COVID Were Already Cracking China’s Boom
BEIJING, September 27 — China’s economy is on course for its slowest growth since 1991, as official data…
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