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...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 25 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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...Its latest effort to transport items ranging from medical supplies to pet food via two new services, Direct and Connect, follows a recently accelerated push into online groceries....
...says Bindiya Vakil, head of Resilinc, a supply chain intelligence group....
...The US group supplies more than eight hours of trading information a day on video and has about 900,000 subscribers. Messer of IG explains the rationale....
...It said its customers were stocking up on groceries, apparel, household items and garden supplies....
...US sanctions on China’s largest chipmaker SMIC have slashed sales and disrupted its supply chain of raw materials. Yet supply has been unable to keep up as regulatory hurdles mount....
...Home Depot sold $3bn of bonds across three maturities to finance its takeover of construction supplier HD Supply....
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...Treehouses do carry a little charge of danger, a memory of skinned knees and dubious parental DIY....
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...The Uber deal means Aurora could eventually supply its driverless technology to the world’s largest ride-hailing fleet....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 5 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
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