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World Container Index - 06 Aug

06 Aug 2026: Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) rebounded after three consecutive weeks of decline, edging up 1% to $4,297 per 40ft container.
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Baltic Exchange Dry Index - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Baltic Dry fell to 3,057 Index Points on August 6, 2026, down 0.20% from the previous day. Over the past month, Baltic Dry's price has risen 6.33%, and is up 52.24% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for...
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300 Fields, One Farm: How Farm Farm Family is Turning to Tech and Sweetcorn to Survive​

Aug 7, 2026
In Driving Technology, a sixth-generation Pennsylvania farm keeps track of 300 scattered fields, some just 1 acre, as housing development eats into farmland. See how they're turning to technology and sweetcorn to keep the operation alive.

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Borderlands Mexico: USMCA gives Mexico an edge as global trade barriers rise

This week in Borderlands Mexico: USMCA gives Mexico an edge as global trade barriers rise; SpaceX plans $16.8B Texas factory; and Taiwan AI firm invests $450M in Ciudad Juárez.
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Police: Little Debbie snack fraud scheme involved deliveries that never happened

Shop N' Save, Giant Eagle and Walmart locations surfaced during an investigation that started in Ohio and expanded into Pennsylvania.
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New parcel surcharge helps Postal Service reach $20B in revenue

The U.S. Postal Service lost $2.5 billion in the fiscal third quarter, but revenues were up thanks to a new fee on parcel shipments and higher stamp prices.
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Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley: With entrepreneurial fraud cases on the rise, we investigate how entrepreneurs carry out criminal deception, employing deceptive means to defraud audiences. Analyzing court data from Silicon Valley ventures and their founders prosecuted for fraud between 2000 and 2023, our findings reveal that entrepreneurs carry out criminal deception through a process of façading: Entrepreneurs construct, perform, and protect illusory appearances (façades) that externally project high-growth performance to audiences while masking ventures’ actual underperformance. An Organization Science paper extending the cultural-entrepreneurship literature — how founders craft compelling narratives to acquire resources, and where dramatized discourse crosses into fraud. (Organization Science)
 

Morning bid: Suddenly the Strait of Hormuz is 'irrelevant' to the US​

Aug 10 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

Asian stocks are mostly firmer, following Friday's Wall Street rally, though European share futures are off as oil rises amid much confusion over the Strait of Hormuz.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the weekend claimed the strait would become "irrelevant" as oil would eventually be redirected through pipelines, giving analysts the impression the White House was trying to wash its hands of the whole affair.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...levant-to-the-us/ar-AA29JP8i?ocid=socialshare
 
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