How America’s farmers got cut out of the supply chain VIEW
The exasperation of agricultural exporters amounts to the latest chapter of the Great Supply Chain Disruption, the reordering of international trade amid the pandemic.
New supply chain risk: 22,000 dockworkers who could go on strike VIEW
In a world full of economic troubles, a fresh source of concern looms: the prospect of a confrontation between union dockworkers and their employers.
The real reason America doesn’t have enough truck drivers VIEW
"We’re tired. Our bodies are starting to go," trucker Stephen Graves says. "You can’t truly fathom what it’s done to you.”
A normal supply chain? It’s ‘unlikely’ in 2022
With prices for a vast array of goods still rising, the world is absorbing a realization: Time alone will not solve the Great Supply Chain...
On slaughterhouse floor, fear and anger remain VIEW
Through her six decades of life, Tin Aye endured a harrowing exodus from her homeland in Myanmar, only to die without ever laying hands on...
Record beef prices, but ranchers aren’t cashing in VIEW
“You’re feeding America and going broke doing it”: After years of consolidation, four companies dominate the meatpacking industry, while many ranchers are barely hanging on.
Powell’s Books survived Amazon. Can it reinvent itself after the pandemic?
Powell's Books has adapted throughout its five decades in downtown Portland but the past two year have proven to be more challenging because of the...
The world is still short of everything. Get used to it VIEW
Just as the pandemic health crisis has proved stubborn and unpredictable, the turmoil in international commerce has gone on longer than many expected as the...
How the world ran out of everything, and why it’s not over yet
For decades, companies have slashed their inventories to harvest savings. But the pandemic has sown chaos in global shipping and factory operations, and now the...
Pfizer reaps hundreds of millions in profits from COVID vaccine
Pfizer said its COVID vaccine generated $3.5 billion revenue in the first three months of this year, nearly a quarter of its total revenue.