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U.K. Faces Food Shortages as Worker Scarcity Gets Worse

From abattoirs to restaurant kitchens, the U.K. food sector is facing a massive challenge this summer: there just aren’t enough workers.

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Watch: How Can Companies Cope With Rising Labor Costs?

Kent Mahoney, executive vice president North America with Proxima, discusses the hurdles that businesses are facing today in the form of severe labor shortages and rising wages.

How Can Companies Cope With Rising Labor Costs?

A Win for Roads, and No Tax Hikes: Infrastructure Deal Takeaways

The infrastructure agreement announced Thursday by the White House and a bipartisan group of senators carves out $579 billion of common ground from the $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan unveiled in March by President Biden.

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U.S. Ship Jam Lingers as Port Woes Stretch From China to Germany

Ship congestion outside the busiest U.S. gateway for trade held steady over the past week, as ports from China to Germany battle with COVID-19 outbreaks and other constraints on their capacity to keep containers moving across the global economy.

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Suez Canal, Ever Given Ship Owners Reach Compensation Deal

Egyptian officials and owners of the giant Ever Given vessel that blocked the Suez Canal earlier this year have reached a preliminary deal over compensation, according to the ship’s representatives.

Satellite image from Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS, shows cargo ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Vaccine Shortages Hit Global Supply Program, Halting Rollouts

A string of nations across Africa and Asia have run out of COVID-19 vaccines or are on the brink of doing so, months after receiving first shipments from a global program meant to equitably distribute the lifesaving shots.

Workers unload boxes of COVAX COVID-19 vaccines in Madagascar. Photographer: Mamyrael/AFP.

Amazon Could Be Forced to Sell Logistics Business Under Bill

A bill with bipartisan support would prevent Amazon from luring sellers to use its logistics services in exchange for preferential treatment on its busy web store.

An Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Shutterstock.

AstraZeneca Vaccine Faces More Supply Hurdles, Now From Thailand

AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing partner in Southeast Asia has missed a delivery target in Thailand and shipments to other countries in the region have been delayed, the latest setback for a shot that was meant to be the backbone of the global inoculation effort.

Employees work on the production of line for vials of Covishield, the local name for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Photo: Bloomberg.

Labor Shortage, Need for Speed: Why Robots Will Multiply in the Warehouse

Warehouse automation is becoming more mainstream and affordable for smaller and middle-market e-commerce businesses.

Electric Plane Pioneer Pivots to Cargo Drones

While the coronavirus crisis has delayed completion of a plant, the 65-year-old entrepreneur still expects unmanned cargo craft to comfortably beat autonomous passenger planes into the skies.

Photo: Bloomberg

China’s Worse-Than-Suez Ship Delays Set to Widen Trade Chaos

The global shipping industry, already exhausted by pandemic shocks that are adding to inflation pressures and delivery delays, faces the biggest test of its stamina yet.

Container ships are moored near the Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trade War Costs Global Supply Chains 3-5 Years of Growth, UN Says

Trade shocks fueled by unilateral tariffs between the U.S. and China have undone three to five years worth of growth among global value chains in affected countries, according to a UN policy brief.

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