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This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope.
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Biden Administration Recommends Major Alaska Oil Project
It could boost U.S. energy security.
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The Amazon DTW1 fulfillment center in Romulus, Mich., April 1, 2020.
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Amazon Beats Revenue Estimates, but Profits Slump
The report closes a rough 2022 for the e-commerce giant.
February 3, 2023
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023.
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Fed Lifts Rate by Quarter-Point
But the central bank acknowledged that the pace of inflation has cooled.
February 2, 2023
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Nearly 41,000 Truck Drivers Tested Positive for Cannabis Last Year
Many have not completed the process for getting back on the road.
January 31, 2023
GetGo Mini Mart in Valencia, Pa., Jan. 23, 2023.
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Consumer Confidence Lags as 2023 Gets Under Way
An economic expectations index, meanwhile, could signal a looming recession.
January 31, 2023
The logo of ASML, a leading maker of semiconductor production equipment, hangs on the head office in Veldhoven, Netherlands, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
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China Lobbies Dutch to Defend Trade After Chip Curbs
The Netherlands and Japan recently agreed to cooperate with U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to advanced processor chip technology due to security concerns.
January 31, 2023
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Workers wearing face masks sew fabrics at a textile factory in Huimin county in east China's Shandong province on Oct. 25, 2022. Chinese factory activity rebounded in January from three months of contraction, adding to signs the world’s second-largest economy might be recovering from a painful slump, an official survey showed Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.
Chinese Factory Activity Rebounds
January 31, 2023
Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022.
Dutch, Japanese Join U.S. Limits on Chip Tech to China
January 30, 2023
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China Accuses Washington of Abusing Export Controls
January 30, 2023
Refined tellurium is displayed at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery, May 11, 2022, in Magna, Utah.
Study Says World Has Enough Rare Earth Minerals to Fuel Green Energy Shift
January 30, 2023
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January 10, 2023
Research and development engineer Ravneet Kailey performs an experiment to produce steel without using carbon in a glowing lab cell, left, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at Boston Metal, in Woburn, Mass.
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U.S. Company Gets $120M Boost to Make 'Green Steel'
The company said it can eliminate all carbon dioxide from its steel production.
January 27, 2023
In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, a core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
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U.S. Moves to Protect Minnesota Wilderness from Planned Mine
This could be the fatal blow to the copper-nickel project.
January 26, 2023
An employee works in the battery assembly hall at the BMW Spartanburg plant in Greer, S.C., Wednesday, October 19, 2022. On Thursday, the Commerce Department issues its first of three estimates of how the U.S. economy performed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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U.S. Economy Slowed but Still Grew at 2.9% Rate Last Quarter
The economy got a boost last quarter from resilient consumer spending and the restocking of supplies by businesses.
January 26, 2023
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The Top 10 Supply Chain Disruptions
It’s still a hot topic.
January 25, 2023
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfillment centre, Coventry, England, Jan. 25, 2023.
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Amazon Workers Hold First U.K. Strike
Union members at the warehouse voted to walk off the job for one day.
January 25, 2023
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3 Killed in Gold Mine Blast
Illegal mining activities are being blamed.
January 24, 2023
In this June 15, 2018, file photo a variety of Procter & Gamble products rest on a counter in East Derry, N.H. Procter & Gamble Co., raised its full-year sales outlook though it cautioned that higher commodity prices continue to squeeze profits.
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P&G Sees Shoppers Cut Back Amid Price Hikes
The constant barrage of higher prices on everyday essentials is wearing down consumers.
January 20, 2023
A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018.
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Railroad's Plan for Cutting Train Crews Put on Hold
The union representing conductors has long raised safety concerns about the proposal.
January 20, 2023
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Nikola Launches First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Mobile Fueler
The 700 bar fueler can direct fuel hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
January 19, 2023
In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20.
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Amazon Axes Charity Program Amid Wider Cost-Cutting
The program's ability to have an impact was "spread too thin."
January 19, 2023
A worker transports a slab of raw rubber at a rubber industrial plant of the cooperative called Cooperacre, in Sena Madureira, Acre state, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.
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Fashion Sneakers Propel Sustainable Rubber in Brazil Amazon
It's a project that provides a real-life example of living sustainably from the forest.
January 19, 2023
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Cleveland-Cliffs, United Steelworkers File Trade Cases on Unfairly Traded Tin Mill Products
They filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against eight countries.
January 18, 2023
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Predictions for Manufacturing in 2023 – Part II
Industry leaders offer their thoughts on what to expect in 2023.
January 17, 2023
Deep sea sponges and other creatures live on and among valuable manganese nodules like this one that could be mined from the seafloor.
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Deep Seabed Mining Pits Renewable Energy Demand Against Ocean Life
What's down there, and why should we care?
January 17, 2023