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Businesses Face $20B in 'Swipe Fees' from Holiday Shopping Season

The Merchant Payments Coalition estimates that swipe fees have increased by 50% since the pandemic, and hit a record $172 billion in 2023.

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Lawsuit Claims Amazon Excluded Low-Income Areas from Prime Deliveries

According to the lawsuit, when customers complained about slower delivery times, Amazon intentionally misled them to believe it was a coincidence.

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Maersk Puts in Order for 20 Dual-Fuel Vessels

The vessels will range in size, with the capacity to carry between 9,000 and 17,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units each.

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Trump Vows to Block Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Manufacturer

The proposed sale was first announced in December 2023, and has faced opposition from U.S. Steel union workers and federal leaders alike.

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GM to Take a $5B Hit in Chinese Business

Sales of foreign vehicles in China have been hit by the rise of local automakers, with GM sales slumping 59% in the first 11 months of 2024.

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Contractor Fined for Hiring Children at Iowa Pork Plant

The DOL found that children used "corrosive" chemicals to clean head splitters, jaw pullers, bandsaws and neck clippers among other pieces of equipment.

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After Failure of Talks on Plastic Waste, Calls Made for Binding Agreements

The week-long talks, known as INC-5, ended in a deadlock over objections to the inclusion of cuts to plastic production in so-called ambition countries.

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Watch: What Changes Will We See in U.S. Tariff and Trade Policy?

Dan Swartz of Crowe LLP speculates on how the new Trump Administration will impact tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, as well as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

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Traceability and Temperature Monitoring in the Cold Chain: What’s Next

One of the ways companies can meet the new FDA requirement for cold-chain traceability is through smart labels that trace packages throughout the supply chain journey,

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China Retaliates with Ban on Export to U.S. of Rare Minerals

The U.S. Commerce Department announced December 2 it will expand the list of companies on the so-called “entity list,” and would limit exports of high-bandwidth memory chips to China.

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U.S. Increases Number of Chinese Tech Companies Subject to Export Controls

The addition of the companies to the “entity list” means that U.S. tech vendors will be denied export licenses for sales to them.

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USMX: Automation is Essential to Future of U.S. Ports

"Port operations must evolve," the USMX said in a December 3 release, responding to a statement from ILA executive vice president Dennis Daggett.

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