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China's Weak Trade Report Suggests Worrisome Turn, Investors Say

Bank stocks have been shaken after a steep drop in China's exports made investors worry again about the health of the world's second-largest economy. U.S. stocks gradually recovered most of their losses as safer investments such as utilities traded higher, the Associated Press reported.

China September Exports Fall More Than Expected, General Administration of Customs Reports

China's September exports fell 10 percent from a year earlier, while imports shrank 1.9 percent after picking up in August, suggesting signs of steadying in the world's second-largest economy may be short-lived.

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Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement Event Returns for Second Year

Canadian Shippers See Slight Increase in Ground Transportation Cost in July

Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by just 0.15 percent in July, as compared with June results.

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Tests Underway to Recover, Re-Use Flexible Plastic Packaging

With adequate screening and optical sorting capacity, flexible plastic packaging can be efficiently captured in a single-stream materials recovery facility, potentially creating a new stream of recovered materials while improving the quality of other recycling streams.

Fifty Percent Decline in Jet Fuel Propels Airlines to Nearly $40Bn Profit

Famed investor Warren Buffett once warned that investing in airlines was "a death trap." He may be rethinking his view on the airline industry now that the trade group for the world's carriers has predicted that the industry will pocket a record $39.4bn this year.

Maersk Separates Struggling Shipping, Energy Operations Into Separate Companies

Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk plans to separate its businesses into transport and energy divisions in a bid to better tackle the problems facing its struggling businesses.

Coalition Formed to Promote Climate Resilience Planning

Big data gives environmental and resource managers an invaluable tool to increase efficiencies and better manage risk.

Set of Best Practices to Ensure IoT Security Released by Consortium

IoT is complex, fast-growing and often intertwined with systems that govern things like water and power. That makes IoT security a critical requirement, but it's one that's not necessarily well understood.

Thermoformed Plastics Market Could See 5 Percent Growth Through 2020

The global thermoformed plastics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 5 percent during the period 2016-2020, according to Technavio's latest report.

Offshore Maintenance Market Expected to Bounce Back from Oil Price Decline

Forecasts call for a steady recovery from the recent oil price downturn in the offshore maintenance market with spending expected to improve significantly between 2017 and 2021.

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Rates for Very Large Gas Carriers Likely to Remain Under Pressure

A wave of cargo cancellations from the U.S. is putting additional pressure on Very Large Gas Carrier rates, according to the latest edition of the LPG Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

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