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Oregon Crime Ring Moved $22M in Catalytic Converters
The crime ring spanned Oregon counties and Washington state, Nevada, California, Texas and New York.
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J&J Vaccine Factory Forced to Trash More Doses
About 135 million more doses will have to be destroyed due to quality problems at the troubled plant.
August 12, 2022
In this April 15, 2011 file photo, a bottle of Johnson's baby powder is displayed in San Francisco. Johnson & Johnson is pulling its iconic, talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder from shelves worldwide next year in favor of a product based on cornstarch. The health care giant’s announcement Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, comes two years after it ended talc-based powder sales in the U.S. and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer.
Safety
J&J to End Sales of Baby Powder with Talc Globally Next Year
The company has faced thousands of lawsuits alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop cancer.
August 12, 2022
Peloton
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Peloton Outsourcing Praise Comes With Warning
A manufacturing CEO weighs in on the decision.
August 11, 2022
Basf
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BASF Bringing Specialty Chemical Production to U.S.
The expansion will retain more than 1,000 existing jobs at a Louisiana facility.
August 5, 2022
Nintendo reported Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, that its profit for the April-June quarter rose 28% from last year on healthy demand for its games, although console sales were dented by a shortage of semiconductors.
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Nintendo's Profit Rises Despite Shortages of Computer Chips
Other game makers have been hurt by shortfalls in supplies of the chips.
August 3, 2022
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Southern Nevada Water Authority maintenance mechanics, from left, Jason Dondoy, Patrick Smith and Tony Mercado install a spacer flange after removing an energy dissipator at the Low Lake Level Pumping Station (L3P3) at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on April 27, 2022, outside of Las Vegas.
Deadline Looms for Drought-Stricken States to Cut Water Use
August 15, 2022
A man walks past a Toyota dealer in Tokyo on May 11, 2022. Toyota Motor Corp. reported Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 a quarterly profit of 736.8 billion yen ($5.5 billion), down from 897.8 billion yen the previous year.
Toyota Profit Down in Q2
August 4, 2022
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Amazon Posts Another Loss, but Revenue Tops Estimates
July 29, 2022
Kroger Delivery X Drone Express
Construction Supplier to Deliver Part by Drone
July 28, 2022
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August 4, 2022
A news conference held by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is watched at the New York Stock Exchange, July 27, 2022.
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Fed Unleashes Another Big Rate Hike in Bid to Curb Inflation
The central bank's chairman said he does not believe the country is currently in a recession.
July 28, 2022
Storage
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Warehouse Storage Expansion: Creating Supply Shock Resilience with Cost-Effective Options
Innovative alternatives can significantly increase capacity within existing facilities.
July 26, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks virtually during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2022. Biden, who continues to recover from his coronavirus infection, spoke virtually with business executives and labor leaders to discuss the Chips Act, a proposal to bolster domestic manufacturing.
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Biden Presses Computer Chips Case Before Senate Vote
Leaders of Medtronic, Cummins and Lockheed Martin also pitched the president on the need for the bill.
July 26, 2022
Traffic drives in view of a Boeing Co. production plant, where images of jets decorate the hangar doors on April 23, 2021, in Everett, Wash. Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go on strike the following month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted Sunday, July 24, 2022, to reject a contract offer from the plane maker.
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About 2,500 Boeing Workers to Strike After Rejecting Deal
The strike is planned to begin Aug. 1.
July 25, 2022
The company says Thursday, July 21, that Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. of China will supply new lithium-iron phosphate batteries starting next year.
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Ford Touts Ample Supply Deals to Hit Electric Vehicle Goals
Ford plans for half of its global production to be electric vehicles by 2030.
July 21, 2022
Pipes of the gas storage plant Reckrod are pictured near Eiterfeld, central Germany, Thursday, July 14, 2022, after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut down due to maintenance.
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Can Europe Live Without Russian Natural Gas?
Even if the pipeline restarts at reduced levels, the country will struggle to keep homes warm and industry humming this winter.
July 20, 2022
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How to Buy Stuff that Lasts
Even in normal times, you don’t want to waste money on unreliable products.
July 18, 2022
People stand in long lines to receive the monkeypox vaccine at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
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Regulators Clear Way for More Monkeypox Vaccine Shipments
The FDA has completed an inspection of the overseas plant where they were manufactured.
July 14, 2022
New Mexico's governor and members of the state's congressional delegation have been vocal opponents of the project.
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Regulators Recommend License for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
New Mexico's governor and members of the state's congressional delegation have been vocal opponents of the project.
July 14, 2022
The vehicles will be used to deliver online orders.
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Walmart to Purchase 4,500 Canoo Electric Delivery Vehicles
The vehicles will be used to deliver online orders.
July 12, 2022
The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Friday, July 1, 2022, that most of the incomplete vehicles were built in June, and that it expects most of them to be finished and sold to dealers before the end of the year.
Inventory Management
Chip Shortage Leaves 95K GM Vehicles Unfinished in Storage
The unsold vehicles amounted to 16% of GM's total sales from April through June.
July 8, 2022
Workers paste degradable plastic substitute material on glass, Hyderabad, India, June 30, 2022.
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India Starts Single-Use Plastic Ban
The first phase bans plastic cups, straws and ice cream sticks.
July 1, 2022
Workers operate record pressing machinery at the United Record Pressing facility Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit growth, manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that topped $1 billion last year.
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Manufacturers Struggle to Keep Pace with Vinyl Record Demand
Dozens of factories have been built to try to meet demand — and it's still not enough.
June 28, 2022
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Police Seize Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Banana Shipments
The drugs have an estimated street value of more than $300 million.
June 23, 2022