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Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

President Donald Trump’s effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly, according to preliminary government data obtained by Reuters.

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Apps, Autonomy and Ownership: Three Ways Driving Is Changing in 2018

New SUVs and trucks are dominating this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But there’s more happening in the automotive industry than big tires and four-wheel drive.

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Shell Braces for Change by Expanding Its Foothold in Electricity

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is taking small steps toward a future dominated by electric cars, renewable energy and carbon constraints, demonstrating its intent not to remain solely an oil and gas company.

Opinion: The Closing of 63 Sam’s Club Stores Has Big Implications for Small Business

Last week, Wal-Mart announced that it would be closing 63 of its under-performing Sam’s Club stores at various locations throughout the country. While most of the news centered around the thousands of employees that would be affected by the decision, there’s also another significant group of people that will also be negatively impacted: hundreds, even thousands of local small businesses.

The U.S. Retail Industry Is Hemorrhaging Jobs — and It's Hitting Women Hardest

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for U.S. retailers, but not if you’re a woman working for one. Company sales reports are coming in and so far they indicate the holiday season was a big success. At the same time evidence is emerging that the radical reordering of the retail landscape is hitting women hard, and there may be worse to come.

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Kohl's Plans to Lease Unused Store Space to Grocers, Convenience Stores

Kohl’s Corp plans to lease space left vacant after shrinking some of its stores to retailers such as grocery stores or convenience stores, the company said last week.

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Found on Instagram, Sold on Alibaba: Even the Smallest Brands Are Now Victims of Counterfeiting

Team Dream is a small business by most any measure. The quirky cycling apparel brand has just five employees. It produces only about 100 pieces of each garment and operates out of a converted gas station in San Marino, where a closet-sized nook doubles as both a fulfillment center and R&D lab.

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Best Practices for Logistics Leaders in 2018

Demand for logistics services is strong. But the industry can’t turn its back on the challenges of the coming year.

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'These Computers Can't Fail.' Why Autonomous Cars Are So Challenging, According to Nvidia's CEO

Self-driving cars, a.k.a. autonomous vehicles, appear poised to take over the world. They’re everywhere, on movie screens and in magazine pages. The Jetsons-esque notion that a car could drive you to your desired destination — look Ma, no hands! — is beginning to sink in for many of us, even as we putter to work and other destinations in our exceedingly manual vehicles.

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Who's Picking Your Food? A Record Number of Foreign Laborers

Recruiters in California's wine country have been known to drive two hours to Stockton to find farmworkers.

New President, Same Story: Coal Is Losing Out to Natural Gas

Just a day after federal regulators nixed a major Trump administration proposal to shore up the struggling coal industry, the nation’s top energy forecaster predicted continuing, slow declines in U.S. coal production and in the burning of coal for electricity in 2018 and 2019, thanks to cheap natural gas and coal plant retirements.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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