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Iconic Brands Feel Tariff Pain, and Corporate America Braces for More

With the U.S.-versus-the-world trade war threat heating up, Harley-Davidson Inc. and Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp. may just be the canaries in the coal mine.

GE Bets Big on Future Demand for Natural Gas

John Flannery’s breakup plan will trim General Electric down to three businesses, all of which are built around the manufacture and sale of equipment that shares the common theme of spinning around and making electricity.

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Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes

For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of the country’s most vexing economic problems: slow productivity growth.

'Brexit Is Scaring Businesses to Death': Two Experts Debate the Data

Two former members of Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee discuss the outlook as industry warns of job losses.

0627 Brexit Is Scaring Businesses

Trump Tariffs Force Companies to Rework Supply Chains

From global manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson Inc to small tech startups, companies are scrambling to rework supply chains built for an era of stable, open trade policy that is now under threat.

0626 Trump Tariffs Force Companies

These Places Will Pay U.S. Workers Thousands of Dollars to Move There

A Nebraska city with more job listings than applicants has extended a special offer to employers: It will match signing bonuses for out-of-town hires — up to $5,000.

ASOS Pledges to Ban Mohair, Cashmere and Silk From 2019

Animal welfare in fashion has had a huge boost last week. Asos — the second biggest clothing site in the U.K., with 64.4 million visitors in the six months to May 2018 — has pledged to ban silk, mohair, cashmere and feathers from its site from January 2019. In addition, products using down, teeth and bone — including mother-of-pearl, which is taken from the shell of some molluscs — also fall under the planned ban.

Automotive Manufacturer Eliminates Supply Chain Damage Using Impact Monitoring System

Challenge: A major international automotive manufacturer was experiencing a high rate of supply chain damage. The component racks which held car parts during transit had passed impact and vibration testing, but shipments were still arriving damaged. With no way to tell what was causing the damage, the automotive company had to get creative.

Coal in the Crossfire: Chinese Traders Wary of Being Burnt by Trade War

At least three U.S. coal shipments on their way to China may end up casualties of the escalating trade dispute after Beijing said it would impose steep tariffs that may kick in before the ships reach their destinations.

0622 Coalinthe Crossfire

This E-Commerce Start-Up Wants to Save Family Farms. Big Ag Is Fighting Back.

Mark Gath’s farmhouse in Luverne, Minnesota, sits 30 miles down country roads from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. From that base in the heartland, Gath, a sturdy man in boots and a blue shirt, farms more than 10,000 acres of corn and soybeans with the help of his wife, Leah, and sons Dalton and Stetson. Though his farm is larger than average, he feels squeezed by low commodity prices and the rising costs of seeds, pesticides and equipment. “Everyone is scared out here,” he says.

0621 This E Commerce Start Up Wants

U.S. Manufacturing Output Fell in May by the Most Since 2014

U.S. factory production fell in May by the most since January 2014, weighed down by fewer truck assemblies and still consistent with a steady outlook for manufacturing, new Federal Reserve data shows.

UPS to Spend $130M on New Natural Gas Vehicles, Fueling Stations

Package delivery company UPS on Tuesday said it will invest $130m to buy 730 compressed natural gas vehicles and build five more domestic CNG fueling stations as the industry moves to shift from petroleum-burning vehicles to those that use less-polluting alternative fuels.

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