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Refashion Fast-Moving Global Supply Chain

Challenge: This retail company's warehouse stock was rising as stores shifted risk further up the supply chain. The retailer needed to reduce inventory levels and production lead times to better respond to rapidly shifting consumer demand.

Firms Could Be Fined Millions for Poor Cybersecurity

Organizations in the United Kingdom could be fined up to £17m ($22.06m), or 4 percent of their global turnover, for having poor cybersecurity under proposed new laws.

China to Spend $1.5Tr Buying Companies Abroad

Even as regulators at home and abroad block deals, Chinese acquirers will spend $1.5tr buying companies abroad in the next decade, 70 percent more than the previous 10 years, Linklaters LLP said in a recent report.

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U.S. Will Be Net Exporter of Natural Gas This Year, Energy Group Says

The U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest outlook projects that the U.S. will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017.

Here's One Take on How War in Korea Would Impact the World Economy

Donald Trump's warning of 'fire and fury' to deal with North Korea has rattled global markets.

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100 Great Supply Chain Partners: When Reliability Really Counts

The case studies we've picked for this year's 100 Great Supply Chain Partners list illustrate again and again how careful vetting leads to links with people you can truly rely on.

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For Supply Chain Security, Retailer Looks to Freight Payment

Challenge: As with all companies, fraud and information security were top of mind for this major national retailer. To protect its strategic and competitive advantages – and those of its partners – the retailer needed a payment solution that could also safeguard its supply chain.

Opinion: The Danger From Low-Skilled Immigrants Is Not Having Them

Let's just say it plainly: The United States needs more low-skilled immigrants.

China Says It Built a Railway in Africa Out of Altruism, But It's More Strategic Than That

Africa's past is the mildewed train station in central Addis Ababa, where locomotives sit gutted and rusted tracks vanish in the grass. The line was once the greatest in Africa; built by France in the 1910s, it ran more than 450 miles northeast to neighboring Djibouti, where the desert meets the sea.

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Federal Court Tosses Obama-Era Ruling on Chemicals Used in Refrigeration, Air Conditioning

A federal court handed climate change advocates a narrow loss last week when it tossed an Obama-era ruling to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and air conditioning.

Hanjin Shipping Says Bankruptcy Claims Top $10Bn

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., which roiled global trade and temporarily marooned more than half a million cargo containers when it filed for bankruptcy, says it has raised only a fraction of what it needs to repay creditors, whose claims total about $10.5bn.

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