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BMW headquarters in Munich, March 21, 2018.
BMW Fined for Inflating US Sales
The automaker allegedly used unreported sales to help meet monthly targets from 2015 to 2019.
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Fallout From the GM-Nikola Deal
The ability, or inability, of these companies to identify the best of both worlds and fuse them together could have bigger-picture impacts.
Sep 23rd, 2020
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Grainger Donates 1.7 Million Face Coverings to Help Chicago Schools
The donation includes 1.2 million cloth reusable face coverings and 500,000 disposable face coverings.
Sep 21st, 2020
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A cargo ship approaches the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, May 26, 2020.
Nations Urged to Help Virus-Stranded Mariners
Sep 25th, 2020
Logistics Management
7 Logistics Trends Impacting Manufacturing's New Direction
Sep 23rd, 2020
Production of a COVID-19 vaccine will fall far short of need at first, so every vaccine is valuable.
Cold Chain Problems Could Mean Wasted Vaccines
Sep 18th, 2020
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Report: Amazon to Open 1,000 Suburban Warehouses
Sep 18th, 2020
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Flexible Production Ensures Mask Availability
The challenge: recreate machines that were designed and manufactured four decades ago in meeting demand that has increased by 4,000%.
Sep 18th, 2020
President Donald Trump during a news conference at the White House, Sept. 16, 2020.
Trump Not Ready to OK TikTok Deal
Some have raised concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on 100 million TikTok users in the U.S.
Sep 17th, 2020
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Uline Offers $6K Signing Bonus for 60 Warehouse Jobs
The offer announcement came just a day after Amazon announced $1,000 sign-on bonuses for jobs in the same area.
Sep 17th, 2020
Sustainability
An Opportunity Not to Waste
The world is shifting to a less wasteful, circular economy. Here’s how manufacturers can capitalize.
Sep 16th, 2020
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FedEx to Start Charging 6% Fee for Late Invoices
FedEx also detailed rate increases for its Ground, Express and Freight services that begin Jan. 4.
Sep 16th, 2020
In this June 28, 2018 file photo, rolls of finished steel are seen at the U.S. Steel Granite City Works facility in Granite City, Ill.
US Companies Faced Delays, Hurdles in Seeking Tariff Relief
The overwhelmed Commerce Department could not meet its own deadline for processing around three-fourths of the requests.
Sep 16th, 2020
In this July 30 photo, Kai Hu, a research associate transfers medium to cells, in the laboratory at Imperial College in London. Imperial College is working on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
US Outlines Vaccine Distribution Plan
The campaign would begin gradually in January or even later this year, and President Trump noted a vaccine could be three or four weeks away.
Sep 16th, 2020
This Sept. 8, 2020, photo, shows Vogue, a Mexican toilet paper brand, on the shelf at a 7-Eleven in New York. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers across the country are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico.
Virus Brings Mexican Toilet Paper to US
Retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands to keep their shelves stocked.
Sep 16th, 2020
Aluminum smelters inside the Alouette aluminum plant, Sept-Iles, Quebec, May 21, 2019.
US Drops Tax on Canadian Aluminum
The decision came just hours before Canada was prepared to impose retaliatory sanctions.
Sep 15th, 2020
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar delivers a speech at National Taiwan University College of Public Health in Taipei, Aug. 11, 2020.
China Warns US Over Taiwan Talks
An upcoming economic meeting with Taiwan is expected to be attended by a senior American official.
Sep 15th, 2020
In this June 5, 2019, photo, residents of the Hui Muslim ethnic minority walk in a neighborhood near an OFILM factory in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province.
US Halts Imports from China's Uighur Region for Forced Labor
U.S. Customs issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and computer parts in the Xinjiang region.
Sep 15th, 2020
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US Industrial Production Slows to 0.4% Gain in August
The slight uptick followed gains of 3.5% in July and 6.1% in June, when the industrial sector began to rebound from the pandemic.
Sep 15th, 2020