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Hobby Lobby Fined $3M for Smuggling Ancient Iraqi Artifacts

Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3m federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled.

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Drugmakers and Distributors Face Barrage of Lawsuits Over Opioid Epidemic

The companies that manufacture and distribute highly addictive painkillers are facing a barrage of lawsuits for the toll their product has taken on communities across the country as the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history continues to escalate.

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Global Shipping Feels Fallout From Maersk Cyber Attack

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.

Amazon Robots Poised to Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses

When Amazon.com Inc.'s $13.7bn bid to buy Whole Foods was announced, John Mackey, the grocer's chief executive officer, addressed employees, gushing about Amazon's technological innovation.

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Kimberly-Clark, Like Other CPGs, to Focus on Supply Chain Waste Diversion

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.

Small U.S. Manufacturers Pitch Their Products at Wal-Mart's Annual Open Call Day

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.

U.K. Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Will Be Lumped With India, China Upon Brexit

The European Commission has made clear how it intends to treat the U.K.'s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) industry after that country gives up its EU membership: just like it treats those from China and India.

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Aviation Group's 10-Year Outlook Anticipates 255,000 New Pilot Vacancies

Aviation group CAE has published its 10-year pilot demand outlook, and the civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare training company is warning that the airline industry will need to produce 70 new type-rated pilots per day to meet global demand - a rate that many doubt will be possible given the current cost and time barriers to entry.

Volvo Plans to Go Electric, to Abandon Conventional Car Engine by 2019

For Volvo the internal combustion engine has run its course.

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'Chokepoints' Threaten Global Food Supply, Report Says

International trade routes are increasingly reliant on a small number of key ports, straits and roads that if disrupted will threaten global food supply, according to a report.

New Tax Will Transform Face of Indian Logistics Industry

India's greatest tax reform - replacing an array of provincial duties with a nationwide goods and services tax - is transforming the logistics industry in a country where moving stuff around is notoriously difficult to do, executives say.

How a Tiny L.A. Cybersecurity Firm Pulled the Plug on a Global Ransomware Attack

Salim Neino had been waiting for something like WannaCry.

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