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Elon Musk’s Lofty Goals for Tesla Made This Supplier Recoil at Risk

A little more than two years ago, Elon Musk and other Tesla Inc. executives met with a Mexican auto-parts supplier to discuss an opportunity some companies would kill for.

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Trump Tells Apple to Make Products in U.S. to Avoid China Tariffs

U.S. President Trump tweeted on Saturday that Apple Inc should make products inside the United States if it wants to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports.

Burberry Used to Burn Its Unsold Products. Now, It's Giving Up the Practice.

British luxury fashion house Burberry is going to stop using real fur in its collections and will no longer burn unsold stock, the company says.

Truckers Get Digital in the Search for Big Rigs

Big trucking companies, scrambling along with their customers to keep up with fast-growing U.S. economic demand, are plowing millions of dollars into technology to build up services as digital freight middlemen.

Hospitals Are Fed Up With Drug Companies, So They're Starting Their Own

A group of major American hospitals, battered by price spikes on old drugs and long-lasting shortages of critical medicines, has launched a not-for-profit generic drug company, Civica Rx, to take some control over the drug supply.

Rail Industry Looks to 3-D Printing to Keep Old Trains Moving

Advances in 3-D printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3-D printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.

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How Walmart Plans to Reach Zero-Waste by 2025

Walmart’s current goal is to achieve zero waste in their Canada, Japan, U.K. and U.S. operations by 2025. The retailer’s 2018 sustainability report says that by the end of last year, Walmart had diverted 81 percent of its U.S. waste from landfills, and 78 percent globally. Here’s a closer look at the company’s approach.

How Animal Waste Is Turning China's Lakes Green

Animal husbandry is contaminating China’s water and has been linked to turning lakes bright green, a phenomenon known as eutrophication.

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Hard Lessons (Thanks, Amazon) Breathe New Life Into Retail Stores

Malls are being hollowed out. Shops are closing by the thousands. Retailers are going bankrupt.

Inside Patagonia’s Operation to Keep Clothing out of Landfills

“If it’s broke, fix it!” is a Patagonia company motto, and the company takes the motto seriously. It has operated a recycling and repair program, Worn Wear, in various permutations since 2005.

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Ford Recalls Two Million Trucks to Address Seat-Belt Fire Concerns

Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it would recall 2 million F-150 pickup trucks in North America to address fire concerns relating to seat belts that have been linked to three serious incidents but no injuries.

U.S.-China Trade War Threatens Car Parts Makers

The U.S.-China trade war threatens to make September a very slow month at E.D. Opto Electrical Lighting Co.’s auto-parts factory in the eastern Chinese city of Zhenjiang.

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

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