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Pain for Gain? Retailers Chasing Amazon Are Testing Investors’ Tolerance
For Walmart, Macy’s and many other U.S. retailers, sales growth is back. But it’s coming at a heavy cost.
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Indonesia’s Growing Postal Problem: Delivering to 18,000 Far-Flung Islands
An online shopping boom that should be helping Indonesia’s postal service is actually hurting because regulators have set parcel delivery prices so low.
U.S. Will Build Papua New Guinea Power Grid to Put Check on China
The U.S. and its key Pacific allies announced plans to build a $1.7bn electricity grid in Papua New Guinea, in the latest effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region.
Cryptocurrencies: Shiny Objects, or Set for a Bright Future?
If an army of optimistic investors is to be believed, then cryptocurrencies are set to take over the world.
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Q&A | Improving the Business-Academia Relationship in Supply Chain
When it comes to training the supply-chain professional of the future, what does the business world demand of academia — and vice versa?
When it comes to training the supply-chain professional of the future, what does the business world demand of academia - and vice versa? Frank Adams, associate professor at Mississippi State University, shares his view.
Podcast | The Problem of Technology Obsolescence
Technological innovations these days seem to come and go with the speed of high fashion. It’s no surprise, then, that we tend to stick with legacy systems well beyond their maximum effectiveness.
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U.S. Factory Production Continues Growth Streak
U.S. factory production expanded in October for a fifth straight month, the longest streak since 2011 and indicating a solid start to the fourth quarter, Federal Reserve data shows.
Trade War Finally Hits Commodity Shipping Industry
As tariffs were being slapped on hundreds of goods, shipping rates for dry bulk — the segment that hauls billions of tons of coal, iron ore and crops around the globe — kept rising. But no more.
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The Human Touch Is AI’s Strongest Element, More Research Confirms
People and machines are entering a new era of learning in which artificial intelligence augments ordinary intelligence and helps people realize their full potential.
Inside Nike's Store of the Future
Nike has seen the future of brick-and-mortar shopping, and it revolves around your phone.
The Brexit Divorce Rundown: Champagne, Data and Trade
The U.K’s European Union divorce treaty, which runs to around 500 pages, sets out all the ways that Britain will extricate itself from the bloc’s clutches after more than four decades of membership.
Electric Vehicle Metals Spending Hits $10Bn as Miners Hunt for Copper
Exploration spending in the mining sector rose for a second year as the industry makes a cautious shift to growth and prepares for forecast booming demand for copper.
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