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Treasury Flags Concern Over ‘Potentially Abusive’ Tax Trades: The US Treasury Department has expressed concern over a number of high-profile tax strategies touted by Wall Street that it says may be “too good to be true.” (Bloomberg free)
 
Once Bitten: Why Investors Won’t Buy Back a Stock That Burned Them: Every investor has a name or two they’ll never own again – and it’s rarely about the fundamentals. How a single bad experience — one stock crash, one market downturn — permanently distorts an investor’s behavior for decades. The scar tissue is real and measurable. (Essentia Analytics)
 

Korean yards roll out US projects as Lutnick demands ships, not MOUs​

On Thursday, South Korea’s leading shipbuilders unveiled a wave of US partnerships covering naval vessels, LNG bunkering ships, smart yards and workforce training as Washington opened the operational centre for its $150bn shipbuilding alliance with Seoul.

The Korea-US Shipbuilding Partnership Center opened in Washington on Thursday as the headquarters for the Make American Shipbuilding Great Again, or MASGA, program.

Fifteen agreements were signed by more than 30 shipbuilders, defense companies, technology groups, universities and research organizations. The projects cover shipyard modernization, supply chains, workforce development and joint technology programs.

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World Container Index - 17 Sep

17 Sep 2026: Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) increased 1% to $4,500 per 40ft container.
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Baltic Exchange Dry Index - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Baltic Dry rose to 3,336 Index Points on September 17, 2026, up 0.27% from the previous day. Over the past month, Baltic Dry's price has risen 18.51%, and is up 51.29% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market...
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C.H Robinson hit with huge nuclear verdict in a post-Montgomery world

A big nuclear verdict against C.H. Robinson needs new arguments after Montgomery.
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Once again, Ryder's bottom line is boosted by used vehicle sales

A variety of performances being hit, including used vehicle sales, let Ryder hit most of its key targets in the second quarter.
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Staged truck crashes could bring 20 years in federal prison under new bill

A Senate proposal would create federal penalties for people who stage commercial vehicle crashes or help organize them.
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Elon Musk's 'honeymoon is over' as investors wise up: report​

The glow is off Elon Musk's SpaceX stock offering as its value crashes back to earth and investors begin to take a closer look at future profitability.

Musk's meteoric rise to trillionaire status lasted barely a month.SpaceX's record-breaking IPO propelled the rocket company to an all-time high of $225 per share, but the stock has been sliced roughly in half.

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Peco’s new contract gives all workers pensions — but not the kind you might think​

When IBEW Local 614 and Peco started negotiating a new contract earlier this year for call center employees, linemen, and other field workers, one thing was clear to local union president Larry Anastasi: He needed to get pensions back for all of his members.

Roughly 600 of his 1,500 members, hired since 2021, weren’t offered a pension. The rest had differing plans.

Clawing back pensions for the whole union wouldn’t just be a reversal of Peco’s trajectory. It would buck a cross-industry trend.

“The trend my entire career, which is now more than 40 years in this business, has been employers want to get away from defined benefit plans, and unions want to maintain them and get them in more places,” said Wendell Young IV, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, which represents workers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

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