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In Pivotal Moment, Tesla Unveils Its First Mass-Market Sedan

After a meteoric rise that made it, at least briefly, the most valuable car company in America, Tesla arrived at a moment of truth last week as it delivered the first of its mass-market sedans to their new owners.

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Shell Gets Ready for 'Lower Forever' Oil Prices

On an earnings call last week, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Buerden said the firm has adopted a "lower forever" mindset with a focus on controlling costs.

U.K. Customs Checks Could Cost $1.3Bn a Year Post-Brexit

Customs checks at the border after the U.K. leaves the European Union could cost 1bn pounds ($1.3bn) a year and cause delays for goods being shipped in both directions, according to a report by Oxera, an economic consultancy.

Tuna Company to Track Canned Fish Back to Fisherman Who Caught It

Thai Union, the company that owns the Chicken of the Sea tuna brand, has agreed to chase "full digital traceability" - allowing people to track their tuna back to the vessel it was caught on and identify the fishing method used.

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Wal-Mart Proposes Policy Actions to Boost U.S. Manufacturing

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has proposed 10 policy actions to boost U.S. manufacturing that the retailer says could help recapture $300bn of the $650bn worth of consumer goods that are currently imported.

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Trump to Review Security Risks From Fewer U.S. Factories

President Donald Trump plans to review the U.S. manufacturing base and supply chains because of possible national security risks.

Two-Thirds of Corporations Ignore Corruption in Their Supply Chains

A recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has revealed a significant shortfall in the ethical performance of major corporations in supply chain management.

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$100Tr Needed for Infrastructure by 2040, Report Says

The G20's Global Infrastructure Hub and Oxford Economics have released a report that finds that the world will need nearly $100tr in infrastructure investment by 2040. This equates to nearly $4tr every year - about the same amount as the GDP of Germany.

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Demand Continues to Outstrip New Capacity in Lead-Up to Peak Season

Market momentum for airfreight is carrying into the summer of 2017 - with rates across 21 major east-west trade lanes up by 1.1 percent, year-over-year, to reach $2.81 per kilogram, according to Drewry's latest East-West Airfreight Price Index.

McDonald's Franchisee Plans Sustainable Sourcing for Packaging, Palm Oil, Fish

The world's largest McDonald's franchisee, Arcos Dorados, recently said in a sustainability report that its large footprint across Latin America and the Caribbean means that it must "take a leadership role" in terms of implementing programs that will improve its environmental impact.

ERP 101: Here's How the Software Improves Business Performance

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software doesn't live up to its acronym. Forget about planning - it doesn't do much of that - and forget about resource, a throwaway term.

Three Ways to Generate Profit With Your Data

Build it and they will come. That is the view many organizations maintain about their data lakes and data warehouses. Companies are rapidly investing in systems and processes to retain business data that they know is valuable. But they have no clue what to do with it.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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