The Washington PostMore from The Washington PostLogistics OutsourcingSamsung Joins Global Pledge to Increase Renewable Energy UseSamsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, joined on Thursday a growing list of companies that are promising to increase their use of solar and other renewable energy to help curb global warming.June 15, 2018All LogisticsHappy Anniversary, Amazon-Whole Foods. What’s Changed?One year ago this week, Amazon.com Inc. loudly declared its intention to become a grocery industry heavyweight by announcing its agreement to buy Whole Foods Market.June 13, 2018All TechnologyGoogle Bans Development of Artificial Intelligence Used in WeaponryGoogle is banning the development of artificial-intelligence software that can be used in weapons, chief executive Sundar Pichai said last week, setting strict new ethical guidelines for how the tech giant should conduct business in an age of increasingly powerful AI.June 11, 2018Logistics OutsourcingFoxconn Chief: U.S.-China Dispute Over Tech, Not TradeThe CEO of Taiwan’s Foxconn, which assembles Apple iPhones and other products for tech companies, said Wednesday that Washington’s dispute with China is over technology rather than trade.June 7, 2018All TechnologyDe Beers Has Scorned Lab-Made Diamonds for Years. Now It Will Sell Them — for as Little as $200.De Beers, the diamond giant that for years has promoted gemstones as pricey and precious, said it will begin selling man-made diamonds that cost about a tenth of the price of a mined gem.June 5, 2018All LogisticsThe U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough Truckers, and It’s Starting to Cause Prices of About Everything to RiseJoyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year.May 30, 2018All LogisticsTrump’s Next Round of Trade Limits Could Hurt the U.S. Tech Industry He Wants to HelpHoused in a 19th-century meatpacking plant in Somerville, Massachusetts, Formlabs boasts all the accoutrements of American high-tech success: exposed brick walls and ductwork, a morale-boosting pool table and plenty of young employees hammering away at laptops.May 24, 2018All LogisticsTrump Personally Pushed Postmaster General to Double Rates on Amazon, Other FirmsPresident Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar with their conversations, a dramatic move that probably would cost these companies billions of dollars.May 22, 2018All LogisticsTrump Said Amazon Cost the USPS ‘Billions.’ But the Post Office Has a Different Explanation.The U.S. Postal Service says that its large financial losses are caused by market forces and governmental constraints but not Amazon.com, in a release of its quarterly statistics that stood in contrast to pointed statements made by President Trump.May 18, 2018All TechnologyThis Could Be the Biggest Advance in Aluminum Production in 130 YearsApple, the largest publicly traded company in the world, joined a major collaboration last week that could change how it gets one of the key components that makes its ubiquitous gadgets look so sleek: aluminum.May 16, 2018Previous PagePage 4 of 16Next Page
