After the pandemic-driven surge in consumer demand that triggered a frenzy of shipping activity and skyrocketing prices, logistics and transportation companies are signaling a fast slowdown. With con...
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How Businesses Can Protect Themselves
With key workforces on both sides of the Atlantic threatening to strike, September could deliver a fresh round of international supply chain chaos. Just as businesses start to recover from the logisti...
All the reasons a dozen eggs now costs up to 38% more than one year ago
Why are eggs so expensive now? Grocery prices continued to soar in July despite slower inflation overall, and eggs were among the foods experiencing the biggest increases. The average price of a doze...
Supply-chain pressures—which drove inflation during the pandemic—are once again trying to tell us something
One of the first signs that inflation was going to be a problem was the supply-chain crisis of 2021. Remember last year, when it felt like everyone moved and bought a new desk so they could work from ...
Foundry Starts New Service to Reduce Supply-Chain Lag for Bitcoin Miners
The new service, Foundry Logistics, is a dedicated supply-chain management service that is able to cut down total transit time for shipments significantly as well as add visibility to various expenses...
Powell says U.S. economy can handle the additional rate hikes that are coming
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday pushed back against economists who argue that aggressive Fed interest-rate hikes have increased the odds of a recession or hard landing for the U.S....
Modular Housing’s Potential Unleashed By Innovative Process And Design
The Liv-Connected modular home can be flat packed and shipped across the country and then assembled … [+] in a matter of hours. Chris Coe Homes are built with hundreds or thousands of different ...
Volkswagen says supply-chain problems are easing even as some Audi buyers face year-long wait times
Executives with German automobile maker Volkswagen said at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that supply-chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’...
Supply-Chain Snags Create Shortages Of Life-Saving Medical Supplies In U.S.
An unprecedented strain on American healthcare systems is expected to worsen. Lori Lee spends a lot of time trying to keep Connecticut’s largest health system stocked with medical supplies from IV lin...
Tesla earnings: Stock jumps after record profit, sales despite supply-chain woes
Tesla Inc. late Wednesday reported another record quarter of sales and profit, blowing past Wall Street estimates even though it said its factories continue to run below capacity due to supply-chain p...
How Bad Are Supply-Chain Delays? So Bad That Companies Are Already Placing Holiday Orders
It still takes an average of 80 to 90 days for items to be transported to the U.S. from Asia, double a previous range of 40 to 50 days. © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Plagued by problems from last year t...
Lam Research notes fresh supply-chain issues, hurting stock and casting pall over chip-equipment sector
Lam Research Corp. shares sank 6% in late trading Wednesday after the chip-equipment supplier reported worse-than-expected fiscal second-quarter revenue and third-quarter guidance, which the chief exe...
Apple Stock Gets a Big Target Price Boost. Supply-Chain Problems Are Improving.
Text size Apple has faced tough supply-chain challenges. Things could be looking up. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Tech stocks were getting hammered again Friday, but there was good news on the radar for...
Supply-Chain Constraints Are Easing. 5 Stocks That Should Benefit.
Text size STR/AFP via Getty Images Global supply-chain constraints are beginning to ease, which will benefit a host of stocks. The surge in economic demand last year brought on by reopenings and econ...
Boeing stock downgraded on ‘worse-than-expected’ supply-chain problems
Boeing Co. faces ongoing supply-chain challenges that will limit upside from jet deliveries and create an overhang on investor sentiment. That’s from analyst Ken Herbert at RBC, who on Friday downgrad...