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Slow-Paying Businesses Are Playing a Dangerous Game With Suppliers

Manufacturers, retailers and distributors looking to make better use of working capital have a number of creative options at their disposal. But many prefer simply to slow-pay their suppliers.

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Carcinogen in Zantac and Generics Triggers FDA, EU Probes

Global health regulators sounded a coordinated alarm about the possibility that a stomach drug taken by millions of people could be tainted with the same cancer-causing agent that has sparked a worldwide recall of blood-pressure pills.

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Saudis Race to Restore Oil Output After Aramco Attacks

Saudi Arabia is racing to restore oil production after a brazen drone strike on a key Aramco facility slashed its output by half, removing about 5% of world supply.

Source: Bloomberg

How Supply-Chain Finance Can Help Companies Protect Working Capital

U.S. manufacturers are lagging their European counterparts in the adoption of creative approaches to supply-chain finance. But three companies are demonstrating the varied ways in which that tool can be effectively deployed.

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Trump Plans Crackdown on Fentanyl Shipments From China, Others

A draft executive order would target foreign shippers routing deliveries through the U.S. Postal Service — not the two-largest U.S. couriers United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp.

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A Forgotten Gold-Rush Hub Is Producing More Than It Has in a Century

Deep under gum-tree lined paddocks in southern Australia that delivered a bullion bonanza in the 19th Century, the unexpected promise of a second gold rush is luring a new generation of prospectors from billionaires to global miners and weekend panhandlers.

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Global Sugar Rumble: It's India Versus the Rest of World's Producers

Sugar prices have slumped to the lowest in 11 months, defying forecasts for a shift in the global market to a deficit from a surplus.

Source: Bloomberg

Mass Pig Deaths in China Cause Short Supply of U.S. Blood Thinner

A Chinese outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs in the country has also led to falling U.S. supplies of a widely used drug derived from the animals, the anti-clotting drug heparin.

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Shared Assessments Announces Assessment and Monitoring Module of Third Party Risk Management Framework

The Shared Assessments Program, a member-driven leader in third party risk assurance, announced a new addition to its Third Party Risk Management framework covering the subjects of periodic assessments and continuous monitoring.

India Considers Easing Sourcing Rules That May Help Apple

India is considering relaxing local sourcing norms for foreign companies that sell only their own brand, a move that is likely to encourage Apple Inc. to set up stores.

0827 India Considers Easing Sourcing

How an Obscure Rubber Company Became a Linchpin of Tech Industry

When Japan decided to step up its fight with South Korea last month, it dug deep into the supply chain to impose sanctions on three obscure materials made by a handful of Japanese companies few have ever heard of.

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Innovation in Procurement: How CPOs Can Deliver Value

An initiative to drive growth through supply innovation doesn’t have to be difficult to start.

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