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Travel Ban Won't Hit the U.S. Economy This Year, Economists Say

The U.S. economy should be able to weather President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban, economists say, though any broadening of immigration and visa restrictions could hurt the labor force and productivity.

UPS Tests Drone Deliveries, Eyes Future Price Changes

Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc says it will consider raising prices across the board in coming years to offset pressure on margins, particularly from the rising costs of delivering packages to e-commerce customers.

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Infrastructure Funding Dilemma: Will the FAST Act Ever Get Out of First Gear?

Another ambitious program for fixing and expanding the nation's transportation infrastructure. With no clear way how to pay for it. Déjà vu strikes again.

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Ransomware Attacks on the Rise: How to Protect Your Company

Almost every day, it seems, there's news of another ransomware attack on a prominent organization. In fact, according to one study, almost 40 percent of all businesses experienced an attack from the summer of 2015 to the summer of 2016. To protect our companies against ransomware and its potentially disastrous technological and financial consequences, we have to understand what's needed to shield information technology systems from the initial infection and how to recover as quickly as possible.

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Researchers Testing RFID for Saving Endangered Plants

Researchers at the University of Kent are teaming up with the South African National Biodiversity Institute to raise funding that will enable the launch of a radio frequency identification-based solution to protect rare and endangered plants from poaching.

Former Amazon Executive Shares Plan for Developing an IoT Strategy

The internet of things (IoT) may present the biggest opportunity to enterprises since the dawn of the internet age, and perhaps it will be bigger. Research firm Gartner predicts there will be nearly 20 billion devices on the IoT by 2020, and IoT product and service suppliers will generate more than $300bn in revenue.

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A Supply Network for the Amazon Age

The biggest companies by market capitalization 15 years ago were deeply rooted in the physical world. No. 3 Exxon sold you the gasoline to drive to no. 5 Walmart back in 2001. Even Microsoft, the no. 2 company, dealt largely in the OS and software for your notebook or desktop PC.

How Can We Save American Manufacturing?

American manufacturing is in need of a reboot.

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U.S. Farmers Fear Trade Policy Changes

Kirk Liefer is readying his soybeans for shipment down southern Illinois's Kaskaskia River. The Kaskaskia feeds into the Mississippi, which, to a great extent, feeds China: About one-quarter of the U.S. crop goes straight to the world's biggest food market, where it gets eaten by half the planet's pigs and provides cooking oil for a rapidly growing middle class.

Will 'Made in Italy' Replace 'Made in China'?

China's textile industry is a world beater, accounting for over 60 percent of world chemical and synthetic fiber production. Cotton production is lower, but still large, at over 20 percent of the global total, ranking only behind India in 2016. The trend, however, is downwards as China is caught between rising domestic costs, persistent technical and distribution advantages elsewhere.

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Swedish Supermarket Tests Lasers to Label Organic Produce

Something high-tech is happening in the produce aisle at some Swedish supermarkets, where laser marks have replaced labels on the organic avocados and sweet potatoes.

DHL, Huawei Enter Supply Chain Automation Partnership

Deutsche Post DHL Group and Chinese technology conglomerate Huawei Technologies are collaborating on a range of supply chain services for customers using "industrial-grade internet-of-things hardware and infrastructure."

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