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What’s behind the congestion at U.S. ports
The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in North America, saw record volume in 2021. Container volume at the port, including imports like furniture and apparel, surged to a record 10.6 million TEUs ...
Haul Wins $10 Million Investment As It Gigafies Commercial Truck Driving
Haul is a company that gives commercial truck drivers the opportunity to choose their jobs, … [+] schedules and set pay goals using its mobile platform. Haul Here’s the latest idea for dea...
The Chip Shortage Has Made These 4 Stocks a Buy
Text size GlobalFoundries, which makes basic chips for everything from cars and phones to toys and power tools, says chip capacity is growing at half the needed pace. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomber...
Freight Factor Company BasicBlock Attracts Millions As Shippers Face Financial Squeeze
370225 03: Tractor-trailer rigs are parked at the Petro truck stop May 29, 2000in El Paso, TX. … [+] (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers) Getty Images Have you heard this one? Two young guys walk in...
Opinion: Amid a global chip shortage, Intel is making less money — how did that happen?
Intel INTC, -2.48% was the world’s largest chipmaker until 2021, when it was dethroned by Samsung. Though Samsung’s main business is memory chips, which is a different segment of the market to Intel’s...
Tech Stocks to Buy as Interest Rates Rise
Text size Chip stocks look like good bets in th new world for tech stocks. Maika Elan/Bloomberg Tech stocks finally showed a little fight last week, aided by an impressive batch of earnings reports. B...
Fastenal and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week
Text size Fastenal increased its quarterly dividend by 11%. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fastenal , Consolidated Edison , and J.B. Hunt Transport Services were among the U.S. companies that declared divide...
Chips may be sold out for 2022 thanks to shortage, but investors are worried about the end of the party
The global semiconductor shortage, sparked by pandemic-influenced demand spikes, reportedly led to a near-sellout of 2022 chip supply before the year even started, but investors and analysts are conce...
Satellite TV Can’t Be Saved With a DirecTV-Dish Merger
Text size In some parts of the country where cable access is limited, Dish and DirecTV remain the only way to get pay-TV subscriptions. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg For 20 years now, Dish Network and rival ...
Get ready for the climb. Here’s what history says about stock-market returns during Fed rate-hike cycles.
Bond yields are rising again so far in 2022. The U.S. stock market seems vulnerable to a bona fide correction. But what can you really tell from a mere two weeks into a new year? Not much and quite a ...
Tech Stocks Get a Bear-Market Scare. What Could Come Next.
As Russian forces were pouring over the border into Ukraine, the tech sector briefly tumbled into a bear market on Thursday. Both the Nasdaq 100 and the Nasdaq Composite fell enough that morning to ex...