Dock workers just went on strike at the worst possible time

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Tens of thousands of longshoremen are on strike.

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China's upstart planemaker is taking advantage of production woes at Boeing and Airbus as it seeks to break into the Western market

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China's self-developed passenger jet C919 makes its first international debut in a flight demonstration at the Singapore Airshow on February 20, 2024 in Singapore.
A C919, Chinese planemaker Comac's competitor to the likes of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.

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Kraft Heinz is using AI to make more autonomous supply-chain decisions

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Boxes of Kraft mac and cheese.

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Canada's 2 biggest freight railroads have been shut down, and it could impact everything from autos to energy in the US

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Canadian Rail and another railway operator stopped work on Thursday.

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Shein wants to sell the supply-chain tech it used to disrupt online shopping. Retail experts say brands may have concerns.

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A Shein booth at a trade show.

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Red Lobster bought a lot of shrimp from its Thai owner. Now, the new CEO is investigating.

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Red Lobster's unlimited-shrimp promotion cost the company millions.

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China's footprint in global supply chains will grow no matter who wins the US presidential election: analysts

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GOP presidential nominee frontrunner Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and US President Joe Biden, who is also the Democratic Party's presidential nominee frontrunner.

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No bean coffee made from things like date seeds may be in our near future

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Coffee
Coffee production has several downfalls.

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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.

See inside a 958-foot container ship, from the crew's living quarters to the massive engine room

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Cargo ship

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