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Tariffs, Inflation Cast Shadow Over Holiday Shopping Season
Nearly 80% of consumers say that they plan to spend either the same or less than they did last year, with 58% flagging tariff- and inflation-driven price increase as their chief concern.
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Reimagining Supply Chain Execution in the Age of AI
SCES powered by AI can optimize operations in ways no prior technology has managed to do, including attracting and retaining the next generation of workers.
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Sallaum Lines Rolls Out First of Six Planned LNG Dual-Fuel Vessels
The ship has a 7,500 car equivalent unit capacity, and is expected to deliver what Sallaum believes will be "substantial" reductions in carbon emission.
Sallaum's LNG dual-fuel flagship, Ocean Breeze. Photo: Courtesy of Sallaum Lines
Nvidia to Pour $100B into Data Center Deal with OpenAI
Nvidia's investments in OpenAI will come in phases, starting with $10 billion when the agreement is made final and the first gigawatt of computing power comes online.
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FedEx Sees $1B Hit as Tariffs Upend Parcel Business
The tally is the latest to show how companies are beginning to digest the fallout from new trade barriers.
A FedEx worker unloads packages from a delivery truck in New York. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
Trump Offers Support for Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Deal
The proposed merger, which would create a massive single railroad company controlling shipments across the continental U.S., is currently being weighed by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board
Norfolk Southern, left, and Union Pacific Railroad freight locomotives in Burnside, Kentucky. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
Survey: Inflation Pushes Online Shoppers to Tighten Budgets
Younger shoppers appear to be impacted by inflation far more than any other demographic, with half of all respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 reporting fewer overall purchases.
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Tackling Tariff Turbulence with AI
The hybrid of rapid-response and long-horizon planning is helping companies blunt short-term shocks while positioning for long-term growth.
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Trump Admin Blocks Shutdown of U.S. Steel Plant
U.S. Steel had initially told nearly 800 workers at the plant in early September that it planned to stop processing steel slabs at the facility by November.
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New H-1B Visa Fees Could Undercut U.S. Tech Edge
Amazon had more than 10,000 H-1B visas approved in the first half of 2025 alone, while Microsoft and Meta each had more than 5,000 approved over that same period.
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Sweden and Finland Campaign for Relaxed EU Climate Targets
The two nations say they could suffer “dire” economic consequences if they are forced to harvest less forest for wood products in order to meet their EU-mandated climate targets.
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Reshoring of Manufacturing Is Happening, But It’s No Short-Term Fix
Reshoring of manufacturing is no overnight cure for current pain: It involves multiple considerations and commitment to an expensive, multi-year undertaking.
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