FedEx is spinning off its freight business

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FedEx announced FedEx Freight after the stock market closed Thursday.

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Fears of automation are at the heart of the dockworkers strike

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Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.
Dockworkers picket near the Port of Miami entrance and demand a new labor contract.

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The US port strike isn't just hitting imports. America's farmers could be hurt, too.

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A farmer pets the head of his cow during a cow cuddle session at Luz Farms near Monee, Illinois.

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These consumer products are most likely to be impacted by the port strike

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US port workers are on strike following the expiration of their labor contract Monday night.

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A dockworker strike is set to begin Tuesday. It could disrupt everything from medicine to holiday gifts.

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A longshoremen's strike on shipping docks along the East and Gulf Coasts is set to begin Tuesday, which could cause import and export delays across industries and prompt price hikes.

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A damaged ship carrying potentially explosive Russian cargo nears British waters after being rejected by 2 countries

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The Ruby (not pictured) is carrying the fertilizer ammonium nitrate.

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Neom suffers another setback with delay to $10 billion transport venture

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The Line is a key part of the Neom project.

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The US freight recession keeps getting deeper

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JB Hunt On Ohio Turnpike

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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

Meet the world's richest self-made woman — a shipping magnate worth $33 billion

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Gianluigi Aponte and Rafaela Aponte-Diamant at the MSC Divina cruise ship launch in Marseille, France in May 2012.
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant and Gianluigi Aponte at the MSC Divina cruise ship launch in Marseille, France in May 2012.

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