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Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same | A WSJ Documentary
Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same | A WSJ Documentary
Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined. Photo illustration: Adele Morgan More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM #SupplyChain #Documentary #WSJ
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Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same | A WSJ Documentary
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Explordle
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Explordle
Stock Picks, Stock Market Investing
Stock Picks, Stock Market Investing
As wheat and corn futures continue to surge, and fertilizer prices ride the commodity boom, some investors are reaping big gains
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Stock Picks, Stock Market Investing
China’s Economy: 40 Years of Soaring Exports
China’s Economy: 40 Years of Soaring Exports
China's economy today is completely different than 40 years ago; in 2021 the country makes up the highest share of exports globally.
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China’s Economy: 40 Years of Soaring Exports
Graphing Gains From Trade Interactive Practice
Graphing Gains From Trade Interactive Practice
New interactive practice tool: Have your students identify consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus in a domestic market. Then move onto identifying how consumer and producer surplus changes with international trade.
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Graphing Gains From Trade Interactive Practice
Record high steel prices eat away at Michigan manufacturers | Crain's Detroit Business
Record high steel prices eat away at Michigan manufacturers | Crain's Detroit Business
Chuck Dardas, president and CEO of AlphaUSA, thought steel prices would have come back down to earth by now, but big domestic steel companies have another idea.In the past year, the spot price of steel has more than tripled. That has led to upward of $10 million in losses for Livonia-based AlphaUSA…
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Record high steel prices eat away at Michigan manufacturers | Crain's Detroit Business
US trade deficit hits record $73.3 billion in August
US trade deficit hits record $73.3 billion in August
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit increased to a record $73.3 billion in August as a small gain in exports was swamped by a much larger increase in imports. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the monthly trade deficit increased 4.2% in August, rising to an all-time high, surpassing the previous record of $73.2 billion set in June.
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US trade deficit hits record $73.3 billion in August
Visualizing the World’s Busiest Ports
Visualizing the World’s Busiest Ports
Every day, millions of tons of goods pass through ports to get to their end consumers. Here are the world's busiest ports, and how numbers have changed.
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Visualizing the World’s Busiest Ports
Rick Ross Reveals He Cuts The Grass Of His More Than 200 Acre Home: 'I Cut Grass For About 5 Hours' - Blavity
Rick Ross Reveals He Cuts The Grass Of His More Than 200 Acre Home: 'I Cut Grass For About 5 Hours' - Blavity
Chart-topping rapper Rick Ross might portray the lifestyle of a person focused solely on opulence in his songs, but in reality, the self-proclaimed “Biggest Boss” said he works hard and practices frugality to live in the lap of luxury. Currently, the 45-year-old rapper resides in a gorgeous home in Georgia that comes with 109 rooms, including 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms, as Blavity previously reported . He purchased the estate which belonged to Evander Holyfield for 5.8 million in 2014 after it went into foreclosure. Ross told Forbes that his neighbors have told him that Holyfield spent a small fortune on lawn care for the property. But the Clarksdale, Mississippi native said he’d rather learn to cut grass himself than pay close to $1 million to maintain the lawn. “When I bought the Fayetteville estate, locals would see me walk out of a restaurant and scream, ‘You know Holyfield spent $1 million a year to cut the grass.’ So I decided that I was gonna cut my own grass. And that’s...
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Rick Ross Reveals He Cuts The Grass Of His More Than 200 Acre Home: 'I Cut Grass For About 5 Hours' - Blavity
Mapped: The Top Export in Every Country
Mapped: The Top Export in Every Country
What is the top export in every country? This series of maps explores some of the most influential goods in global trade.
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Mapped: The Top Export in Every Country