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The supply of blockbuster weight loss drugs has been affected by the trade halt

A Zepbound injection pen from Eli Lilly & Co., March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As a port strike that stretched from New England to Texas halted nearly half of all trade to the U.S., customs data…

Thousands of longshoremen closed ports on the US East Coast in a major strike Labor Rights News

Tens of thousands of longshoremen have gone on strike along the US East Coast, shutting down key shipping routes ahead of November’s presidential election – and raising concerns about shortages and inflation. The closure by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)…

Strikes at East and Gulf Coast ports could upend the economy and the holidays

Consumers face higher prices and reduced supply if dock workers go on strike If about 45,000 union workers strike at 36 ports from Boston to Houston, consumers will feel the impact. Longshoremen at ports from Maine to Texas are officially…

Strike in the ports on the east coast, work stoppage by the ILA union leads to billions in losses in trade

Shipping containers pile up in the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024, as seen from New York City. A massive strike to close ports on the East and Gulf Coasts began at midnight, while members of the International Longshoremen’s…

A possible port strike could be a game-changer for small businesses

Consumers face higher prices and reduced supply if dock workers go on strike If about 45,000 union workers strike at 36 ports from Boston to Houston, consumers will feel the impact. Time is running out to prevent a strike at…

Truck drivers and railroads struggle to move billions worth of freight

Shipping containers stacked in a storage yard outside the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, USA on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a potential strike at ports along…

DHL sues MyPillow, claiming the company founded by Mike Lindell owes nearly $800,000 in unpaid bills

MINNEAPOLIS — Package delivery company DHL has filed a lawsuit against MyPillow, which is linked to its founder, chief campaigner and election denier Mike Lindell, alleging it owes nearly $800,000 in unpaid bills. The lawsuit is the latest legal battle…

How a railroad company tried to convert semi-trailers into freight cars to ship auto parts

Semi-trailers and freight cars are two very different pieces of equipment that perform the same task. One hauls cargo by road while the other hauls cargo by rail. But what if you could have both at the same time? That…

Five bodies recovered from tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht off Sicily | Shipping news

There are numerous questions about what caused the superyacht to sink so quickly, while a nearby sailboat was largely spared. Divers have searched the wreck of a superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily and found the bodies of…

Divers search yacht wreck in Sicily; British tech boss among six missing | Shipping news

Among the 22 on board was British tycoon Mike Lynch, who celebrated his recent acquittal from fraud charges in the United States. Divers and an underwater drone are searching for six people, including a UK tech tycoon and an international…