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Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire

Decades ago, Bradley Jacobs studied math and piano (classical and jazz) at Bennington and Brown before dropping out to make money. Now the balding 61-year-old CEO of XPO Logistics invokes that background to explain how he's parlayed sequential roll-ups in the gritty businesses of garbage collection, heavy equipment rentals and delivering stuff into a $2.6bn net worth.

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U.K. Manufacturing Quality Hampered by Supply Chain Issues, Survey Says

Achieving quality in the supply chain is a major concern for manufacturers, and access to good raw materials is a growing issue, a survey of 200 U.K. manufacturers has found.

IMF Says the Global Smartphone Boom Has Reached Its Peak

The global smartphone boom that’s helped propel Asia’s economic growth and reshape trade channels in recent years may have peaked.

Bringing Blockchain to the Coffee Cup

Do you take your coffee with cream, sugar or blockchain?

Amazon Prime Reaches More Than 100 Million Members, CEO Jeff Bezos Says

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet "ever-rising" customer expectations.

How Crowdsourcing Can Help to Assess Financial Risk

How do you tell if your supply-chain partners are financially solvent? The crowd knows.

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Will Livestock Exporters Release Unedited Footage?

RSPCA Australia has called for the immediate public release of unedited footage taken of conditions aboard the livestock carrier Maysora last week.

Electric Carmakers Face Growing Risk in Battery Supply Chain

Auto manufacturers could face potentially significant supply chain disruption when it comes to batteries for electric vehicles, according to an insurance broker.

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Huge Break for Auto Companies As China Removes Ownership Caps

China will let foreign automakers from Volkswagen AG to Ford Motor Co. own more than 50 percent of local ventures, removing a two-decade restriction and giving a boost to global companies seeking to capture a greater share of the world’s largest car market.

There’s a ‘Tsunami’ of Companies Applying for Relief From Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

The fight over how far President Trump will go to protect America's steel and aluminum industries now rests largely in the hands of Commerce Department officials, who face a flood of applications from American companies seeking exemptions from Trump's newly imposed tariffs.

CargoX Pilots Blockchain-Based Lading Document Exchange Platform

Slovenian tech company CargoX is piloting a blockchain-based bill of lading platform — Smart B/L.

Will Trump’s Trade War Kill Off Economic Growth?

There’s good economic news in just about every major developed market around the globe. Is it time to panic yet?

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