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Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom

Several of America’s regional banks posted robust third-quarter earnings last week amid strong commercial loan demand. And as Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 16), these earnings add to indications that the U.S. economy is still resilient even

Crypto Hardware Wallets Become New Entry Point for Hackers

Last week, cryptocurrency hardware wallet company Ledger said it was investigating a hack that drained $90 million from its devices. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Oct. 18), this reprsents the latest example of a vulnerability in what w

Indian Consumers Embrace Cash Ahead of New Instant Payment Fees

Indian consumers are reportedly increasing their cash usage ahead of new fees on the country’s popular digital payment system. Beginning next month, the United Payments Interface (UPI) system will apply a small fee on all transactions great

Musk Says White House Duties Distracted Him From AI

Elon Musk says his work last year with the White House distracted him from artificial intelligence development at his businesses. “[I] kinda got carried away, basically,” Musk said in an upcoming episode of the new podcast series, “The Buil

Anthropic Co-Founder Predicts AI Will Bring US GDP to $44 Trillion

Anthropic’s co-founder predicts that artificial intelligence could boost America’s economic output by nearly 50% by 2030. That forecast comes from one of the AI startup’s internal models, Jack Clark said Saturday (Oct. 17) at the IMF and Wo

The Shift From Owning Trucks To Subscribing To Them, And What It Means For Fleet Finance

The trucking industry has fallen in love with two phrases that get tossed around in conference rooms and press releases without anyone stopping to explain them, and if you have heard the terms truck as a service and driver as a service and

California trucking owner pleads guilty in $2.1M identity theft scheme

Nearly 100 people had their personal information compromised. Federal investigators traced the proceeds through international bank transfers before authorities arrested the operator following 18 months in Turkey. The post California truckin

Global Food Prices Climbed 5.8 per Cent in September Despite Near-Record Grain Output

Disruptions to maritime trade and fertiliser supply chains pushed international food commodity prices up 1.5 per cent month-on-month in September.

News in Brief Podcast | Week 41 2026 | Congestion, cyberthreat and capacity constraint

Port congestion is putting pressure on global supply chains, from West Africa and Europe to the Middle East, while escalating conflict is creating fresh challenges for air cargo. In this episode, Drewry’s head of Ports and Terminals, Eirik

In September 2026, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size grew by 5.5%

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First Batch of Standards for AI Empowerment of the Steel Industry Released to Support the Industry's Digital and Intelligent Transformation

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Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Grew by 1.1% from January to September 2026

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Scope 3 Is Not Primarily a Reporting Problem. It Is a Supply Chain Data Problem

Scope 3 is fundamentally a supply-chain data architecture problem. Credibility depends on boundaries, activity data, factor governance, allocation, lineage, and explicit uncertainty—not on a more polished reporting layer. The post Scope 3 I

Borderlands Mexico: US trucking crackdown raises concerns over freight disruptions

This week in Borderlands Mexico: US trucking crackdown raises concerns over freight disruptions; M2 Global Logistics launches in Houston; and Cutter & Buck opens new distribution center in Texas. The post Borderlands Mexico: US trucking cra

Sellers, Check Yourselves Quickly! Another Peak-Season Hit Product Has Blown Up

A weekly infringement roundup.

Many factories "have orders but struggle to make money"! Yet Aukey raked in 1.1 billion a year on this platform

Quite a few domestic home furnishing companies have already found a path to break through:

No signs of truckload capacity recovering

Many expected a recovering truckload market after months of rate inflation. The data suggests the opposite. The post No signs of truckload capacity recovering appeared first on FreightWaves.

What Daimler’s Finance And Global Chiefs Revealed About Diesel, Driverless Trucks, And The Future Of The Industry

On a rainy Saturday morning in Charlotte, inside the brand new North American headquarters of Daimler Truck Financial Services, four of the company’s senior leaders traded the usual press-conference script for something closer to a fireside

Supply Chain Sustainability Software Is Moving From Disclosure to Operational Decision-Making

Sustainability technology is moving from disclosure infrastructure toward operational decision support. Carbon and ESG data become strategically relevant only when they change sourcing, transportation, facility, product, or supplier decisio

From 651 people to 4 people! Another veteran major factory in Shenzhen enters bankruptcy liquidation

Weekly major events roundup.

E-commerce Weekly Report: Double 11 Shopping Festival Kicks Off in Full Force; WeChat Launches Short Drama Platform; Three Sheep's Comeback Countdown

Luxury Shoppers Put Their Money Where Their Feet Are

A banana-shaped heel is an unusual place to look for evidence of consumer spending discipline. But in luxury retail, financial restraint can apparently come with very adventurous footwear. There’s growing interest in eccentric designer shoe

Shenzhen factory sellers are making a fortune overseas by "borrowing Hong Kong to go global" plus AI

Mainland enterprises' strength combined with Hong Kong's advantages is aggressively winning orders overseas.

Why Depop is putting music at the center of its marketing, collaborating with Zara Larsson and Olivia Rodrigo

Peer-to-peer resale platform Depop is trying to differentiate itself from the competition through the power of music. To date, it has collaborated on drops with the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Zara Larsson and Olivia Rodrigo.