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January 10, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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Houchens Industries to Acquire Air Hydro Power
December 20, 2022
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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
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
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Huge Rare Earth Elements Deposit Found in Arctic Sweden
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November 23, 2022
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Food & Beverage
'Flash Drought' Brings Dust and Dread
Nearly 56 million residents are now living in drought conditions in parts of 16 Southern U.S. states.
October 14, 2019
Scooter
Regulation
Atlanta Bans Electric Scooters
Three riders have died since May in crashes that involved a public bus, an SUV and a car.
August 9, 2019
In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Whitney Flynn, a physical scientist at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., works on computer screens showing flood predictions and other information. An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States. Drones, supercomputers and sonar that scans deep under water are helping to maintain flood control projects, and predicting just where rivers will roar out of their banks.
Product Development
Drones, Supercomputers Deployed Against Floods
These tools are putting detailed information to use in real time.
April 18, 2019
Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development Pat Wilson, from left, Norfolk Southern CEO Jim Squires, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp react to a speaker during a press conference in the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta. During the presser, Fortune 500 company Norfolk Southern officially announced that they will be moving their headquarters to Atlanta.
Operations
Norfolk Southern Moving to Atlanta
The move reflects a trend among larger companies moving to major cities for deeper pools of talent, busier airports and other amenities.
December 13, 2018
Amazon
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Leaders Want Details on Amazon-Sized Project
They want to know how much public money will be spent to develop an underused site known as 'The Gulch.'
August 21, 2018
Todd Keeling was found dead inside a walk-in beer cooler at the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium.
Product Development
Inventor Found Dead in Stadium Cooler
He was at the park to install his patented beer-pouring technology.
June 28, 2018
This photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Alabama.
Operations
'Poop Train' Finally Empty; Sludge Gone
The last train car full of NYC sewage sludge that stunk up a small Alabama community for more than two months has finally been emptied.
April 19, 2018
This April 12, 2018 photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Ala. More than two months after the so-called 'Poop Train' rolled in from New York City, Hall says her small town smells like rotting corpses. Some say the trainloads of New Yorkers' excrement is turning Alabama into a dumping ground for other states' waste.
Regulation
Waste Disposal 'Poop Train' is Stranded in AL Town
A former state attorney general once described a giant west Alabama landfill as "America's Pay Toilet."
April 18, 2018
A tract of land known to locals as The Gulch is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Atlanta. As Atlanta vies to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters on the site, local leaders are studying a proposal to build a $5 billion project with more than three times the office space of New York's Empire State Building.
Supply Chain
Atlanta's Gulch Could Be Amazon's Second Home
No one's saying it's for Amazon — yet.
January 26, 2018
Railroad Ties
Product Development
Millions of Defective Rail Ties
Company is blamed for failing to use proper protective coating on more than 4.7 million railroad ties.
October 30, 2017
In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, a United Parcel Service cargo plane sits idle during the day as it awaits loading at Richmond International Airport in Sandston, Va.. UPS says in court records that it suspects one of its pilots obtained secret business plans for the shipping giant's aircraft fleet and posted them online. In a federal lawsuit filed the week of Oct. 6, 2017, UPS says its strategic plans are highly confidential, and says a PowerPoint presentation was intended only for senior executives.
Operations
UPS Investigates Leaks of Secret Business Plans
The company is taking steps to identify whoever was responsible for posting strategic plans on an internet message board.
October 9, 2017
This is a Thursday, June 15, 2017 file photo of The scorched facade of the Grenfell Tower in London after a massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building in west London. British police have described the painstaking work of recovering remains from a burnt-out London high-rise, four weeks after the disaster killed at least 80 people. The Metropolitan Police force says it will take months to identify all the victims, and the agonizing wait has provoked anger and dismay from victim's families.
Safety
Manufacturer Freezes Sales After Fire
The company is working with investigators to see what caused the flames to spread so rapidly.
July 24, 2017
In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 file photo, fans walk into Cleveland Browns Stadium before the Minnesota Vikings play the Cleveland Browns in an NFL football game, in Cleveland. In sales brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the 'stunning visual effect' its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan school and a 33-story hotel on Baltimore's waterfront.
Safety
Buildings Check Panels Amid Fire Fears
The panels, also called cladding, accentuate a building's appearance and also improve energy efficiency.
July 21, 2017
In this Friday, June 13, 2014, file photo, a new cooling tower for a nuclear power plant reactor that's under construction stands near the two operating reactors at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S. nuclear unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, March 29, 2017, calling into question the future of a number of billion-dollar nuclear projects under construction, including two in the U.S.
Supply Chain
U.S. Impact from Westinghouse Troubles
The four nuclear reactors Westinghouse is helping to build in South Carolina and Georgia are behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
March 30, 2017