BOSTON — December holidays are still weeks away, but if your child has a wish list, you might want to start checking off those items soon.
Bottlenecks and failures abound in the U.S. supply chain. Then there’s the Port of Baltimore.
Bottlenecks and failures abound in the U.S. supply chain. Then there’s the Port of Baltimore.
The California business community has an idea for easing the supply chain crisis: Suspend recent labor-friendly laws affecting warehouse workers and independent contractors.
Global supply chain problems have led to a massive backup at Southern California ports. California lawmakers are asking experts about what the state could do to help — including locating temporary storage, growing the truck driving and warehouse workforces, suspending regulations and creating a new inland port.
FALL RIVER — Local businesses say the current, global supply-chain imbroglio is nothing new.
Halloween is officially over, which means the next holiday Americans have to look forward to is Thanksgiving. And with Thanksgiving comes Black Friday shopping, the biggest shopping event of the year. Thanksgiving weekend and Black Friday last year saw 186.4 million U.S. shoppers, each of whom spent an average of about $311. Online sales hit $14.13 billion in 2020, which was an almost 20% increase from 2019.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off on COVID-19 vaccines for younger kids, but it could be months before most children in this age group are vaccinated because of hesitancy, a lack of access and relaxed mitigation efforts in schools once the vaccine becomes widely available.
"Like others, I received death threats." -- Andrew Hill, PhD, of the University of Liverpool, discussing what happened after he announced that his meta-analysis of ivermectin in COVID-19 needed to be re-analyzed after it was revealed that a potentially fraudulent study had been included.
If you were to rank humanity's most consequential inventions, chances are the shipping container wouldn't rate a mention.
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