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Nobody Thinks About Cargo Insurance — Until $1M Goes Up in Smoke

Challenge: The operations vice president of an oil and pipeline construction company recently admitted there was a time when he wondered if his company’s cargo insurance policy was worth it. The company sources goods from around the world, moves cargo by multiple modes and runs a supply chain through some of the world’s most high-risk countries. Thanks to meticulous packing and some good luck, they'd had very few supply chain incidents over 11 years. Until that summer, a few years back. That June, a truckload of welding equipment heading to Moscow caught fire. The $809,000 shipment was a total loss. One month later, a cargo ship carrying two of the company's containers, worth $150,000, caught fire. Those containers were also total losses.

'Is It Shoplifting If It’s Not the Customer’s Fault?': Amazon Go Raises Questions for the Retail Industry

“Just walk out,” say the signs at the entrance and store windows at Amazon’s newest concept store. “No lines. No checkout. (No, seriously.)”

Blockchain: So Much Bigger Than Bitcoin

From voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our lives.

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Meat Pulled From Restaurants, Hotels in Supplier Hygiene Probe

Restaurant chains have been forced to cancel dishes and switch suppliers after food hygiene problems were uncovered at a meat company.

Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Clouding the Industry’s Future

At this century-old farm just outside Durham, symmetrical rows of shining blue solar panels have replaced the soybeans and tobacco that Tommy Vinson and his family used to grow here.

Fighting Bribery and Corruption in Global Supply Chains

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is 40 years old, and it hasn’t aged a bit.

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Brands Found Selling Real Fur Labelled As Faux

Tesco, Boots, FatFace and Romwe have been accused of mis-selling real fur as faux fur following an investigation.

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Workers at Apple Supplier Describe Health and Safety Hazards

At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian, about six hours' drive from Shanghai, workers stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings for Apple Inc., handling noxious chemicals sometimes without proper gloves or masks.

Citing Bomb Risk, TSA Mandates Additional Security on Middle East Airfreight

Citing the increased threat of a bomb being smuggled on board an aircraft bound for the United States, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued on Monday an emergency order requiring stricter scrutiny of air cargo.

Cybersecurity Hygiene: 17 Steps Your Business Should Be Taking Now

Each year, 71 percent of all cyberattacks target small to mid-sized businesses. Why, you ask? A simple underinvestment in cyber protection.

Nations Seek the Elusive Cure for Cyberattacks

When the "Wannacry" ransomware attack spread across Britain, Japan Russia, Taiwan and places in between last May, it took only a few days for private firms that looked at the code to come to some pretty quick conclusions.

Where Will Companies Find Their Future I.T. Expertise?

We love to complain about the shortcomings of tech support. But how would we feel about a worldwide shortage of I.T. talent?

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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