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Target store in Pittsburgh, Jan. 23, 2023.
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U.S. Inflation, Consumer Spending Cooled in December
The numbers are the latest evidence that interest rate hikes are slowing the economy.
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Research and development engineer Ravneet Kailey performs an experiment to produce steel without using carbon in a glowing lab cell, left, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at Boston Metal, in Woburn, Mass.
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U.S. Company Gets $120M Boost to Make 'Green Steel'
The company said it can eliminate all carbon dioxide from its steel production.
January 27, 2023
In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, a core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.
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U.S. Moves to Protect Minnesota Wilderness from Planned Mine
This could be the fatal blow to the copper-nickel project.
January 26, 2023
An employee works in the battery assembly hall at the BMW Spartanburg plant in Greer, S.C., Wednesday, October 19, 2022. On Thursday, the Commerce Department issues its first of three estimates of how the U.S. economy performed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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U.S. Economy Slowed but Still Grew at 2.9% Rate Last Quarter
The economy got a boost last quarter from resilient consumer spending and the restocking of supplies by businesses.
January 26, 2023
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The Top 10 Supply Chain Disruptions
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January 25, 2023
Members of the GMB union on the picket line outside the Amazon fulfillment centre, Coventry, England, Jan. 25, 2023.
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Amazon Workers Hold First U.K. Strike
Union members at the warehouse voted to walk off the job for one day.
January 25, 2023
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3 Killed in Gold Mine Blast
January 24, 2023
In this June 15, 2018, file photo a variety of Procter & Gamble products rest on a counter in East Derry, N.H. Procter & Gamble Co., raised its full-year sales outlook though it cautioned that higher commodity prices continue to squeeze profits.
P&G Sees Shoppers Cut Back Amid Price Hikes
January 20, 2023
A Union Pacific train travels through Union, Neb., July 31, 2018.
Railroad's Plan for Cutting Train Crews Put on Hold
January 20, 2023
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Nikola Launches First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Mobile Fueler
January 19, 2023
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A worker transports a slab of raw rubber at a rubber industrial plant of the cooperative called Cooperacre, in Sena Madureira, Acre state, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.
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Fashion Sneakers Propel Sustainable Rubber in Brazil Amazon
It's a project that provides a real-life example of living sustainably from the forest.
January 19, 2023
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Cleveland-Cliffs, United Steelworkers File Trade Cases on Unfairly Traded Tin Mill Products
They filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against eight countries.
January 18, 2023
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Predictions for Manufacturing in 2023 – Part II
Industry leaders offer their thoughts on what to expect in 2023.
January 17, 2023
Deep sea sponges and other creatures live on and among valuable manganese nodules like this one that could be mined from the seafloor.
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Deep Seabed Mining Pits Renewable Energy Demand Against Ocean Life
What's down there, and why should we care?
January 17, 2023
A display in the Westfield Garden State Plaza shopping mall, Paramus, New Jersey, December 17, 2022.
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Inflation Falls for 6th Consecutive Month
The numbers add to growing signs that the worst inflation bout in four decades is waning.
January 13, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
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China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
Despite weakening U.S. and European demand.
January 13, 2023
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Huge Rare Earth Elements Deposit Found in Arctic Sweden
It has more than 1 million tons of rare earth oxides.
January 12, 2023
Container cranes at a port in New Jersey behind the Statue of Liberty, Nov. 20, 2022.
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World Bank: Recession a Looming Threat for Global Economy
Officials expect weaker growth in all the world's top economies — the U.S., Europe and China.
January 11, 2023
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Manufacturing Technology Orders Down Nearly One-Third in November
The year-to-date total is now behind the previous year's pace.
January 9, 2023
Construction workers on a building in Philadelphia, Dec. 21, 2022.
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Cooler Hiring, Milder Pay Gains Could Aid Inflation Fight
Average hourly pay growth eased in December to its slowest pace in 16 months.
January 6, 2023
A row of new Ford Fusions are for sale on the lot at Butler County Ford in Butler, Pa., Nov. 19, 2015.
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Supply Chain Woes Caused U.S. Auto Sales to Fall 8% Last Year
Vehicle sales dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade.
January 5, 2023
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Amazon, Salesforce Cut Jobs in Latest Tech Worker Purge
Amazon alone will cut 18,000 workers.
January 5, 2023
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Companies Settle Over Customs Evasion Scheme
The Chinese manufacturer provided two sets of invoices.
January 3, 2023
A loggerhead sea turtle returns to the ocean after nesting on Ossabaw Island, Ga., July 5, 2019.
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Summer Ship Canal Dredging Threatens Turtles, Lawsuit Says
The Army Corps of Engineers wants to end longstanding seasonal limits.
December 30, 2022