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Integration Point Adds Asia-Pacific Office in Malaysia

Integration Point, a provider of software for global trade management, has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Are You Doing Everything to Make Your Customer's Online Experience a Positive One?

It's no secret that competition in online retail sales is a cutthroat business.

U.S. Companies Still Tempted to Shift Domiciles Abroad to Take Advantage of Lower Corporate Taxes

When President Barack Obama said last September that he would get tough on companies that avoid tax through "inversions" - merging with or buying foreign firms so as to shift their domicile abroad - some wondered if this would end a wave of corporate emigration.

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Bracing for Supply Chain Sticker Shock

For most of the past three decades, private equity firms and other investors have relied on two simple questions to assess the supply chains of the companies in which they've invested: Are our companies leveraging low-cost country supply sources and are they keeping supply chain costs in check? Deeper inquiries have always seemed unnecessary, so private equity firms and investors have focused on other aspects of the businesses they own to drive value.

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DuPont Reportedly Scores Highest Among Chemical Companies Striving to Lower Carbon Footprint

DuPont leads the chemical industry in preparing for a low-carbon economy, according to CDP's latest quarterly sector research report.

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Is China's Economy Taking a Dive?

What's going on behind the veil of secrecy that masks China's economy?

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Closing Gap Between Bricks-and-Mortar Stores, Online Shopping

Consumers don't see "channels." They are time-starved and information-rich, and use technology that they carry around in their pockets and purses to find the best solutions to their lifestyle needs.

The Number of Employees, Including C-suite Execs, Working From Home Is Rising

Diebold CEO Andy Mattes can't just stroll down the hall at his company's headquarters in Canton, Ohio, to confer with his top executives over coffee. That's because many don't work there. His chief strategist works and lives 2,100 miles away in San Jose; his chief marketing officer is in Boston.

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Technology Revolutionizes How Farmers Boost Production

New technologies are making food production more efficient and more environmentally sound. In fact, farmers are using everything from crop modeling tools to drones to generate higher yields.

Kane Is Able Sues Volvo Over Natural-Gas Tractor That Caught Fire

A little over one year after purchasing seven new Volvo compressed natural-gas tractors, Kane Is Able Inc., a national, third-party logistics company, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, asserting that Volvo breached its warranties in connection with one of the seven units, which caught fire on Interstate 81 in early January 2015.

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Tianjin Automobile Supply Chain, Disrupted by Blasts, May Take Several Months to Recover

IHS Automotive estimates a production loss of 2,200 cars per day at Toyota's plants as a result of the recent explosions in China's Port of Tianjin.

Livingston International Expands GTM Services in India, Brazil

Livingston International, a customs broker and provider of trade-compliance services, has expanded its global trade management (GTM) offering in India and Brazil.

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