The New York TimesMore from The New York TimesAll TechnologyBanks More Open to Lending to Small BusinessBy many accounts, as the economy adds jobs, more small businesses are looking to borrow money, and more banks are eager to lend it - at least to the right borrowers.July 21, 2014All TechnologyEU Probes Tax Schemes of Major Corporations Active in EuropeThe European Union's top antitrust official has opened an investigation into the way countries including Ireland provide tax arrangements that enable big multinational corporations like Apple to reduce their tax bills worldwide.June 13, 2014Logistics OutsourcingRetailers at Odds with Each Other on How to Respond to Bangladeshi Factory DisastersReacting to public outrage, Western retailers and apparel brands began a major push to improve safety at the Bangladeshi factories they do business with. It involves a sprint to inspect hundreds of plants each month and a commitment to help correct any safety problems found — all with an eye to preventing another catastrophic collapse or fire. But instead of joining forces, the Western brands have divided into two sometimes feuding camps.April 24, 2014Global Supply Chain ManagementFDA Steps Up Regulations on Pet Food, Animal Feed ProductionThe Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would govern the production of pet food and farm animal feed for the first time. The regulation would help prevent food-borne illness in both animals and people, officials at the agency said, as people can become sick from handling contaminated animal food and from touching pets that have eaten it.October 29, 2013Global LogisticsLook Who's Growing - Not Emerging Markets But the Older EconomiesThe balance of world economic growth is tipping in another direction. Just as economists have begun lowering their forecasts for China and many other developing economies, the American economy is bouncing back. Japan appears to have turned a corner and is ending almost two decades of grinding deflation. Economic data out of Europe on Wednesday provided the first solid indication that many countries in the euro zone may be escaping the clutches of recession.August 16, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentCorruption Continues to Be Growth Business, Survey SaysBribery scandals have dominated headlines in several countries in recent months, among them India and Nigeria. International enforcement of anti-bribery laws has been increasing in the United States and major European countries.May 21, 2013Logistics OutsourcingMore Retailers Come Clean on Where Their Products Come FromSome retailers are doing what was once unthinkable, handing over information about exactly how, and where, their products were made.May 10, 2013Global Supply Chain ManagementMeat Recalled in Britain as Traces of Veterinary Drug FoundA British supermarket chain has recalled a beef product after traces of the powerful veterinary drug phenylbutazone, which is banned from the human food chain, were found for the first time in an item that had been on sale in stores here.April 12, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentEurope's Economy Continues to Stumble in Efforts to RecoverEuropean Commission delivered a bleak assessment Friday of Europe's economic prospects, saying that growth would be just 0.1 percent in the 27-nation European Union in 2013 and that the 17-nation euro zone would shrink 0.3 percent over the same period.February 26, 2013Global Supply Chain ManagementEuropean-Style Gas Emissions Program That Obama Wants Is Not Working as DesignedPresident Barack Obama is trying to persuade the United States to adopt a cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gas emissions. But the European Union's Emissions Trading System "” the world's flagship effort "” is sputtering. European carbon permits, which traded at about €30 ($40) per ton a few years ago, are now hovering at about €5 per ton or less.February 22, 2013Previous PagePage 26 of 28Next Page
