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P&G, Cargill Partner to Improve Coconut Oil Supply Chain Transparency
Companies that source coconut oil from the Philippines and Indonesia - the world's two largest producers and exporters of coconut-based products - face several challenges: little or no economies of scale, lack of financing and training resources, and a rigid supply chain all serve to increase the farmers' dependence on middlemen and perpetuates inefficient and unsustainable agricultural practices.
Opinion: Changing the Renewable Fuel Standard Is Crucial to Revitalizing American Manufacturing
The Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, was developed during my tenure as Energy Secretary and has helped diversify America's fuel supplies. The credit program EPA created to ensure RFS compliance, due to changes in the oil industry, now merely serves to subsidize global oil companies and gasoline retail chains at the expense of independent American refiners and small fuel retailers.
Silicon Valley's New Vision for the Pizzeria Involves Lots of Robots
Not long after the pizzeria Zume opened for business last year, its kitchen staff noticed a problem with some of its pizzas: they had holes in them.
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Study: 'Buy America' Imposes Costly Burdens on Metro and Other Transit Agencies
Transit agencies across the country are shouldering higher infrastructure costs that strain budgets and make the systems more expensive overall than their overseas counterparts - and "Buy America" is a likely driver of those expenses, a right-leaning think tank says.
Amazon Cornered Whole Foods Into Not Seeking More Bids, Filing Shows
Amazon.com Inc told Whole Foods Market Inc it would not engage in a sale process for the U.S. grocer that involved other bidders, a regulatory filing shows, shedding new light on the $13.7bn acquisition.
America's Aging Infrastructure: Waterways Face Critical Juncture
More than a million tons of commodities normally pass through the lock on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, every month. But on a recent day, the giant steel gates that hold back the river didn't budge.
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Five Ways That Companies Can Prepare for a Cyber Attack
Any business that believes itself to be impervious to a cyber attack today is either ignorant of the threat or in deep denial.
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Here Are the Top Technologies for Security This Year
Gartner, Inc. has highlighted the top technologies for information security and their implications for security organizations in 2017. Analysts presented their findings during the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit last month.
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China, EU Bolster Greener Global Shipping to Curb Emissions
The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China.
Survey Shows Drop in Containers Lost at Sea
The World Shipping Council (WSC) estimates that the average number of containers lost each year has dropped 48 percent since 2014.
Bipartisan Proposal in U.S. Senate Moves to Address Pilot Shortage
A proposed amendment in the United States Senate to a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration partially eliminates training requirements that have contributed to the current national pilot shortage.
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Global Trade Rebounds Despite Trump's Protectionist Threats
Donald Trump's election as U.S president sparked warnings of damaging trade wars and an end to globalization as we know it. So far, those predictions haven't played out.
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