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Postal Service Says It Lost $200M Over Holiday Season

The U.S. Postal Service says it lost $200m during the year-end holiday season, despite a strong quarter of package shipping and expanded use of vote-by-mail in the November presidential election.

Steel Resurgence Seen Fizzling as China's Property Market Slows

Steelmakers aren't out of the woods yet. A year-long rebound risks fading as a slowdown in China's property market deepens, exposing bullish sentiment as overblown, according to a U.S.-based hedge fund manager and former Citigroup Inc. analyst.

Google's New Cloud Service Aims to Replace Traditional Databases

Google has turned a database service that it uses to run some of its mission-critical products into an offering for its public cloud customers.

Forged Warehouse Receipts Were All for Nickel, Glencore Firm Says

Forged warehouse certificates circulating in the name of Access World, a metals warehouse company owned by commodity giant Glencore Plc, have all been for nickel in Asia, it said last week.

Suzuken Group Deploys RFID-Enabled Coolers for Drug Tracking

Japanese healthcare and pharmaceuticals company Suzuken Group is deploying an RFID-based solution from AmerisourceBergen to manage the locations and statuses of medications at clinics, hospitals and retail locations, as well as in transportation vehicles. The system employs the RFID-based drug-management solution known as Cubixx, supplied by AmerisourceBergen's specialty pharmaceutical distributor division, ASD Healthcare.

Autonomous Vehicles Could Reduce Windfarm Costs

A collaboration between Heriot-Watt University's Ocean Systems Laboratory and the Smart Systems Group has received funding to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore windfarms.

Imports to Grow in First Half of 2017 as Economy Improves, Researchers Say

Imports at the nation's major retail container ports are expected to increase 4.6 percent during the first half of 2017 over the same period last year as the nation's economy improves and retail sales continue to grow, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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KANE Helps Club Store Chain Implement Cross Dock Strategy

Challenge: A major U.S. club store chain wanted a solution for more efficient cross docking.

Creating Global Data Standards

To successfully work with cross-functional groups around the world, you must be able to share data of every description, says David G. Thomas, director of global capacity planning for Ford Motor Co.

Prime Vision to Offer RFID-Enabled Packaging System

Electronics manufacturer Thin Film Electronics ASA (Thinfilm) and Dutch logistics solutions provider Prime Vision are teaming up to develop an RFID-enabled smart packaging system. Prime Vision is utilizing Thinfilm's OpenSense and SpeedTap Near Field Communication (NFC) tags as it develops its new solution.

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Just by Sticking Around, Analysts Say Sears Has Hurt Macy's

To truly understand the peculiar nature of the department store business, consider that Sears could outlive Macy's, at least as an independent company.

Taxes and NAFTA: Can Trump's Cure for American Manufacturing Bolster the Auto Industry?

President Trump is not a fan of recent trade deals. He condemned the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the campaign and called the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) "the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere."

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