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Beijing's men on the Northern Dvina

As a mounting number of Russia's shadow fleet ships sails across the Northern Sea Route to Chinese ports, a Beijing-led business delegation comes to Arkhangelsk to discuss shipping.
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'They feel like their life is over': Nebraska community reacts to Tyson plant closure​

Nov 25, 2025
Tyson Foods' decision to close its Lexington plant by late January will result in the loss of 3,200 jobs, prompting community leaders to seek solutions and support affected families.

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World Container Index - 12 Feb

12 Feb 2026: Drewry’s World Container Index decreased 1% to $1,933 per 40ft container this week.
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Baltic Exchange Dry Index - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News

Baltic Dry fell to 2,002 Index Points on January 29, 2026, down 0.69% from the previous day. Over the past month, Baltic Dry's price has risen 6.38%, and is up 180.00% 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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Stock futures trading disrupted after CME data center outage: Live updates​

Stock futures trading was halted Friday following a “cooling issue” at a data center that caused a disruption in assets traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

CNBC data shows that Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 52 points, or 0.1%, when trading stopped. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures traded 0.1% higher and 0.2%, respectively.

“Due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers, our markets are currently halted,” a spokesperson for the CME said in an emailed statement in the early hours of Friday. Treasury trading later resumed after the CME’s BrokerTec EU and U.S. markets were open. As of 6:50 a.m. ET, trading in oil, gold and equity futures remained impacted, among other assets.

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How Black Friday became a retail letdown: ‘To sustain the ride, they started to dilute it’​

  • Black Friday is arguably the biggest shopping day of the year, but the event has changed and is no longer marked by riotous crowds, unbelievable deals and marathon hours.
  • Consumers are spending less over the Thanksgiving weekend, and foot traffic on Black Friday has barely budged in recent years.
  • “The integrity of the event is pretty much gone,” said Mark Cohen, former CEO of Sears Canada. “In today’s day and age, promotional pricing just gets better and better from a consumer’s point of view the closer you get to the holiday.”
Black Friday has long been defined by massive crowds, rock-bottom prices and rabid consumers willing to bite, scratch and claw their way to the best deals of the season. But these days, retail’s biggest holiday looks a bit different.

Stores are opening their doors later, foot traffic is flat, online shopping is up and, in a world where Black Friday begins in September, consumers are wary, unsure if the deals they’re getting are even that good.

“The integrity of the event is pretty much gone,” said Mark Cohen, former CEO of Sears Canada, who spent a decade as the director of retail studies at Columbia Business School. “Back in the day, a Black Friday price was the best you could ever find on something ... never to be seen again. In today’s day and age, promotional pricing just gets better and better from a consumer’s point of view the closer you get to the holiday.”

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Big Paychecks Can’t Woo Enough Sailors for America’s Commercial Fleet​

KINGS POINT, N.Y.—Some of America’s best starting salaries are at sea. And they aren’t luring enough workers.

Straight out of college, graduates from the country’s maritime academies can earn more than $200,000 as a commercial sailor, with free food and private accommodations. Commercial sailors travel the world. Coffee breaks come with an ocean view. At night, the sky explodes with stars.

Despite the pay and perks, maritime jobs go begging, and it is raising national-security concerns. America is already short of commercial seafarers for a cargo fleet President Trump wants to see grow. Very little cargo currently moves on American-flagged ships, partly because of staffing. U.S. shipping companies, which are generally required to hire Americans, say they are starved of crews.

The shortage is getting attention. An executive order from President Trump and proposed bipartisan legislation aim to resurrect America’s maritime industry across shipbuilding, ship ownership and shipboard staffing.

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Misclassification lawsuit: New Jersey truck school's costly settlement

NJ truck driving school settlement resolves lawsuit over driver misclassification.
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Yellow settles with pensions

Bankrupt Yellow Corp. has settled its withdrawal liabilities with 14 multiemployer pension plans.
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The Feds drop the hammer on illegal immigration

The Administration has announced a major new initiative targeting the financial channels used by undocumented immigrants, marking a strategic and powerful
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As More Countries Race To Mine Rare Earths, Can China’s Dominance Be Broken? | When Titans Clash​

Nov 26, 2025 #USChina #US #RareEarth
Countries are racing to mine rare earths within one year, before China’s export restrictions kick in. In October 2025, China announced restrictions on rare earth exports, and also on the technology used to process them. The move set off panic amongst US automakers and defense manufacturers.
China agreed to pause these restrictions for a year after the Trump-Xi meeting, but the vulnerability remains. The US had inked rare earth deals with Japan, Australia, Malaysia and Thailand amongst others. Europe and the G7 have also announced rare earth industrial plans. But can they complete mine to magnet operations in just one year? With billions pouring into rare earths in the months ahead, is China at risk of losing its grip on the rare earths industry?


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00:00 US panics as China cuts off rare earth supplies
03:15 What are rare earths?
04:17 How Japan reduced its dependence
12:44 Japanese lessons for EU and US
14:53 Malaysia’s rare earth plans
21:14 Impact of rare earth mining
24:09 Vietnam’s rare earth plans
25:33 Australia’s rare earth plans
28:19 Myanmar’s rare earths' links with civil war
31:19 Myanmar’s environmental disaster
33:48 Kachin state rare earth battle
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Commodity wrap: gold, silver, and oil prices retreat as investors book profits​

  • Gold fell 1% from a six-week peak, pressured by rising US yields and profit-taking.
  • Silver retreated from its record high; copper also eased after its Monday surge.
  • Oil prices slipped due to oversupply concerns and geopolitical risks (Caspian Pipeline, Venezuela airspace).
Gold and silver prices fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits after a surge in the precious metals in the previous sessions.

Oil prices eased slightly as concerns over oversupply intensified. Investors also booked profits after prices had hit a near two-week high on Monday.

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Stocks close higher as bitcoin bounces back above $90,000, tech rallies​

Stocks rose on Tuesday, boosted by gains in bitcoin and technology names, as traders recovered some of the ground lost in the previous session.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 185.13 points, or 0.39%, to end the day at 47,474.46. The S&P 500 climbed 0.25% to settle at 6,829.37, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.59% to finish at 23,413.67.

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"A logistics nightmare", Tyson foods plant closure fallout​

Dec 2, 2025
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Putin Threatens Black Sea - Corn & Wheat Bounce + China Soybean Update​

Dec 3, 2025


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Singapore’s multi-millionaire on China, America and AI​

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Top 10 box port operators 2025

Singapore giant PSA International retains its number one position in the global container port rankings as it closes in on becoming the first operator to exceed 70m teu on the equity-based count
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