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Walmart is Changing the Way Its Employees Get to Work

When the new Walmart campus opens, roughly half its employees will live within five miles of their work. The plan is for every employee to have easy access to bike parking, showers and lockers.

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UAW Picks Shawn Fain to Take Over Presidency

The UAW is trying to regain the confidence of its members after a five-year U.S. investigation into embezzlement and illegal payoffs to union executives.

Bombardier CEO Sees Blue Skies and Less Debt After Major Overhaul

Ending production of the small cabin Learjet and betting instead on mid- and large-size private jets, the Challenger and the Global, turned out to be a wise move.

Bombardier developed the C Series aircraft, but was unable to make it a financial success and had to offload it to Airbus, which renamed it the A220. Photo: Bloomberg

Oil Tankers Divert Away From Strike-Ridden French Ports

France released strategic stockpiles of oil products in March to avoid fuel shortages as the strikes blocked fuel movements from many local refineries.

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Freight Rebound Hopes are Fading Because of Retailer Caution

Big shippers including Nike, Target and Kohl’s remain guarded in ordering from suppliers as they continue to dig out from a glut of inventory.

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Ford Inches Toward a Big Reveal of Losses From EV Business

Ford is currently the No. 2 seller of EVs in America, but it is miles behind Tesla, which controls two-thirds of the U.S. market.

Jim Farley speaks during a launch event for the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric truck. Photo: Bloomberg

Produce Shortages Drive Surprise Jump in UK Inflation

Tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers were among the goods affected as extreme weather in Spain and North Africa impacted harvests, and high energy prices hit growers in the U.K.

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Electric Vehicle Battery Makers Test a Future Without Lithium

The debut of a vehicle using HiNa’s cells has battery experts reconsidering the potential for sodium-ion chemistries to play a role powering future EVs.

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How Suppliers Can Overcome E-Commerce Supply Chain Challenges

B2B suppliers are consistently failing to fulfill the needs of their customers.

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Amazon to Cut Another 9,000 Jobs in New Round of Layoffs

Amazon said the cuts would fall mostly in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch live-streaming units.

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Pfizer to Pay $43 Billion for Seagen, Set Post-COVID Course

Pfizer has been under pressure to show it can capitalize on its COVID-19 windfall, after vaccine revenue almost doubled its sales in a single year.

Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla. Photo: Bloomberg

Maersk Sells Last Major Energy Asset as It Focuses on Logistics

Denmark’s biggest company outlined in 2016 a historic strategic shift to break up its century-old conglomerate structure and sell all its four big energy assets.

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