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Container Seaports Viewed More as Mature in Value Than as Growth Sector

Softening demand growth coupled with larger liner shipping alliances and bigger ships is moving the container ports industry towards a value sector from growth sector, albeit still highly profitable, according to the Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Review and Forecast 2016 report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

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U.K. May Be Leaving EU, But GlaxoSmithKline Isn't Leaving U.K.

GlaxoSmithKline is not planning to exit the U.K. just because the U.K. is exiting the European Union. As if to emphasize its commitment, the drugmaker said it intends to put a big chunk of money into expanding its manufacturing there.

Is Growth in Services Hampering Chinese Manufacturing?

It has often been said that China will grow old before it becomes rich. But could it have too many offices, restaurants, and hotels before it becomes wealthy?

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APICS Debuts Toolkit for Supporting Women in Manufacturing

APICS, the professional association for supply-chain management, has created a new toolkit to support women in manufacturing.

China to Lead Way in Making Industrial Internet of Things Reality

As the world's biggest manufacturing power, China is well placed to lead the Internet of Things transition. Which is why this week GE, the world's biggest industrial company, opened what it calls a "digital foundry" in Shanghai. The centre will help Chinese companies develop and commercialise products for the industrial internet of things, which involves factory machines and industrial goods communicating with each other and their surroundings.

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Thoma Bravo Wraps Up Acquisition of Elemica

Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Elemica, provider of a supply-chain operating network for the process industries.

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FedEx First to Get Right to Conduct U.S.-Cuba Cargo Flights

As the thaw continues between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation has granted FedEx the rights to operate a five-times-weekly freighter service between Miami and the city of Matanzas.

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Pain Points in Discrete Manufacturing

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How 3D Printing Is Enhancing Traditional Manufacturing

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Time to Change the Way We Regulate the Gig Economy

Employment rules and regulations have failed to keep pace with innovation in the American workforce - especially with regard to the growing number of independent workers.

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Cargo Flights Between U.S., Cuba Could Start Later This Year

Tentative approval for scheduled airline services from 10 U.S. cities to Cuba may have implications for air cargo movement between the two countries.

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Lufthansa Cargo, ANA Extend Joint Venture in Europe

Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are extending their joint venture to combine Lufthansa's entire European feeder network with direct flights of both carriers.

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