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Footwear Firms Rejiggering Supply Chains Will See Long-Term Benefits
The threat of higher tariffs may have provided firms with an unintended benefit as they took charge of rethinking their supply chains.…
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Immigration raids are threatening businesses that supply America's food, farm bureaus say
Large-scale immigration raids at packinghouses and fields in California are threatening businesses that supply much of the country's food,…
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Oil Soars Nearly 7% on Israel-Iran Strikes, Stirring Middle East Supply Worries
With tensions escalating and concerns mounting over a broader war in the Middle East, oil prices surged nearly 7% on Friday after Israel…
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Shoring up global supply chains with generative AI
It is not the only catastrophic event to strike supply chains in the last five years either. For example, in 2021 a six-day blockage of…
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Oil Prices Rise on US-China Talks and Saudi Supply Cuts, but Iran Threatens Future Stability
Oil prices climbed more on Tuesday, amid continuing trade negotiations between the U.S. and China and a decrease in crude shipments from…
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Oil gains on supply concerns as wildfires disrupt Canada supply, Opec+ keeps output plans unchanged
Oil prices climbed nearly 3 per cent on Monday on supply concerns as producer group Opec+ decided not to accelerate plans to hike output…
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Sembcorp unit wins solar-energy project to supply 150 MW of power in India
Sembcorp Industries’ wholly owned renewables subsidiary, Sembcorp Green Infra, was awarded a solar-energy storage hybrid project by SJVN,…
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Oil gains on supply concerns, investors await July Opec+ output decision
Oil prices gained more than 1 per cent on Wednesday on supply concerns as Opec+ agreed to leave their output policy unchanged and as the…
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Oil prices ease as US-Iran talks, Opec+ plans spur supply concerns
Oil prices settled 1 per cent lower on Tuesday as investors worried about a supply glut after Iranian and US delegations made progress in…
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Italian Fashion Associations Sign Protocol to Combat Worker Exploitation in Supply Chain
MILAN – Italian authorities, fashion associations and trade unions are committed to fight wrongdoings in the apparel and accessories…
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Malaysia’s Petronas aims for China, Vietnam expansion while seeking long-term LNG supply
Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, aims to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales into markets such as China and Vietnam…
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Cannes Film Festival Hit by Power Outage, Closing Ceremony to ‘Proceed as Planned’ After Palais Switches to ‘Independent Power Supply’
The city of Cannes was hit by a major power outage on Saturday morning, just hours before the film festival is set to award this year’s…
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Sabrina Dhowre Elba Calls for End to Child Labor in Cosmetics Supply Chain and Highlights Ethical Sourcing in Ghana With World Vision
Sabrina Dhowre Elba, cofounder of S’Able Labs, traveled to West Africa to see the work that the humanitarian organization World Vision is…
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Oil settles lower as hopes dim for US-China trade and supply worries ease
Oil prices fell by more than US$1 a barrel on Wednesday as investors doubted that upcoming US-China trade talks will result in a…
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Oil Prices Slide Further on Plans to Increase Supply
Oil prices resumed their downward slide after the OPEC Plus cartel of oil producers said over the weekend that it would pump more oil,…
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Big Oil isn’t budging on output as Opec+ supply hike looms
The largest western oil producers are mostly sticking with their growth plans for now, despite a 16 per cent decline in crude prices…
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Apple expects US$900 million tariff hit as shifts US iPhone supply to India
Apple on Thursday reported first-quarter profit above expectations but warned that US tariffs could cost the company and was disrupting…
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Apple expects US$900 million tariff hit as it shifts US iPhone supply to India
Apple on Thursday (May 1) reported first-quarter profit above expectations, but warned that US tariffs could cost the company and were…
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Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain
President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing orders for the…
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Malaysia's Petronas and Commonwealth LNG in talks for term supply
Petronas is in talks to buy at least one million metric tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Commonwealth LNG Malaysian state-owned oil and…
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Supply chains require digital transformation
The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share…
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Asean remains attractive amid global trade, supply chain disruptions: UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong
The Asean region remains an attractive market to do business with, even amid uncertainties due to geopolitical risks and the impact of the…
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California Can Dramatically Increase Its Water Supply
In every other state, options are severely limited by geography and climate. In California, they’re limited by politics. Source link
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Malaysia's Petronas secures extra gas supply after hit from Putra Heights pipeline fire
Malaysian oil and gas giant Petroliam Nasional said on Wednesday (Apr 16) it has secured additional gas supplies to minimise supply…