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November 23, 2022
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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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 21, 2022
In this Oct. 12, 2020 photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo.
Operations
Largest Meat Producer Getting Back Online After Cyberattack
The cyber breach could contribute to already rising meat prices.
June 2, 2021
Operations
Virginia Industrial Sites Sit Empty
Officials have poured about $25 million into the Mid-Atlantic Advanced Manufacturing Center with no success yet.
January 27, 2019
This June 26, 2015, file photo, shows a drain pipe that sticks out of a coal ash retention pond at the Dominion Power's Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va. The Virginia General Assembly has reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill that would clean up large coal ash ponds across the state.
Regulation
Coal Ash Clean Up Agreement in VA
About 27 million cubic yards of coal ash is currently located at four sites around the state.
January 25, 2019
Richmonder Coleman Wheeler emits a cloud of smoke from a vape pipe at a local vape shop in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Tobacco-friendly Virginia is preparing to raise the age limit on buying traditional and electric cigarettes from 18 to 21.
Regulation
Virginia May Raise Age on Tobacco
Even a state where the tobacco industry continues to hold great sway is preparing to put new limits on who can buy tobacco products.
January 21, 2019
In this Sept. 19, 2018, photo released by Cape Fear River Watch, heavy rains from Hurricane Florence erode and breach a coal ash landfill at the L.V. Sutton Power Station in Wilmington, N.C. The landfill under construction at the site ruptured over the weekend, spilling enough material to fill 180 dump trucks. Coal ash contains arsenic, mercury and other toxic metals.
Safety
Floodwaters Inundate NC Power Plant
Company employees notified state regulators that the lake at the L.V. Sutton Power Station was at the highest alert level under its emergency action plan.
September 21, 2018
In this June 13, 2016, file photo, production cars are parked outside the GreenTech Automotive manufacturing plant in Robinsonville, Miss. A group of Chinese investors is suing Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe over his past work for troubled electric car maker GreenTech Automotive. The investors filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County last week accusing McAuliffe and Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham of milking their political connections to perpetuate a $120 million scam.
Product Development
Governor Sued by EV Investors
The suit alleges that the governor exploited them with a pay-to-play scheme to become permanent residents.
November 29, 2017
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Operations
Killed Reactors Could Impact VA Nuclear Project
The failure in South Carolina to make new nuclear work could make it harder for Virginia's Dominion Energy to move forward with a new reactor it has already spent millions on.
August 4, 2017