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Biden’s Antitrust Push Across Agencies Is Working to Block Deals

For decades, the Justice Department and FTC have taken the lead on competition issues, but a Presidential executive order called on industry regulators to engage in independent oversight of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.

JetBlue and Spirit airplanes at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

Retail Consumer Data: The Key to Personalization, or Privacy Violation?

Retailers strive to personalize the shopping experience, especially for online purchases. At what point, though, does that effort cross the line and become an invasion of the consumer’s privacy?

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Traders Marshal a Fleet of Supertankers to Haul U.S. Oil to Europe

Big importers like China and India have been picking up larger volumes as western buyers abandoned the cargoes due to sanctions on Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine.

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U.S. Toxic Chemical Rules Pit Economic Growth Against Public Health

Many of the substances in question are important to industries that President Biden has backed through other policies intended to bolster global competitiveness and national security.

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Canadian Pacific’s Merger With Kansas City Southern Is Approved

The new network could draw traffic away from U.S. West Coast ports to gateways in Canada and Mexico, and tens of thousands of shipments away from trucks, an environmental selling point for the combination.

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Germany Forms Alliance to Change EU's Planned Combustion Engine Ban

The ICE ban, the EU's main tool to speed up Europe's shift to electric vehicles, was put on hold earlier this month after last-minute opposition from Germany.

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It’s Time to Embed Climate Considerations Into Supply Chain Strategies

As companies focus on reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint, buyers and suppliers have an opportunity to embed climate considerations into their supply chain strategies.

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Samsung to Invest in South Korea Mega Chip-Making Plan

Semiconductors, which power everything from mobile phones to military hardware, are at the center of a bitter dispute between the U.S. and China.

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Norfolk Southern Sued by Ohio Over Toxic Train Derailment

“The fallout from this highly preventable accident is going to reverberate through Ohio for many years to come,” said Attorney General Dave Yost.

Wreckage remains at the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg

Biden-Harris Administration Opens Applications for Program to Build EV Charging

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program will provide $2.5 billion over five years.

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Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Faces Probe Over Tarriff-Avoiding Practices

South African groups say Shein deliberately sends its goods in small packages of lesser value to reduce import duties aimed at protecting local businesses.

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U.S. Court Rules Uber and Lyft Workers are Contractors

Labor groups opposed the measure, saying it robbed them of rights like sick leave. The firms say the proposition protects other benefits such as flexibility.

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