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Global Supply Chains Not Ready for Challenging Times

Survey Shows Businesses Ignore Risks, Raise Vulnerabilities - - ATLANTA. - Nearly half of companies with global supply chains say they fear major disruptions in their ability to source, produce and shi... [WebWire - Monday,...

VMotioning your Service Console?! » Yellow Bricks

Re our post yesterday on ESXi, Duncan dives deeper into one of the tools that VMware is creating so that you don't have to pop the hood -- VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant (VIMA). Link: VMotioning your Service...

Retired justice hears cases in Philly

By Maryclaire Dale | Of The Associated Press Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor returned to a federal appeals court bench on Thursday to hear cases that included a UPS Inc. workplace disability dispute. O'Connor...

UPS Orders Modec Electric Delivery Trucks for UK, Germany

SYNOPSIS: Batteries in future models are set to increase the range to 150 miles per two-three hour charge. UPS today announced an order of twelve electric vehicles from Modec, the manufacturer of the world’s first purpose-built...

Boeing says orders will shrink from here (AP)

Wednesday November 19, 5:57 pm ET By Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer Boeing: Orders have peaked, will likely drop in 2008 and 2009; still assessing strike delay MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- "This year will certainly be a lower orders...

Daimler Trucks chief looking at longer downturn

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) --- Daimler AG Trucks began preparing for a downturn in 2007, but now thanks to the credit crisis the slowdown in the sector could go on longer than expected, its top executive said Wednesday. While...

UPS expects Dec. 18 to be peak shipping day

ATLANTA UPS Inc. expects its busiest day overall for shipping packages this year will be Dec. 18. For the first time since it went public in 1999, the Atlanta-based company is not forecasting how many packages it will ship that...

Analyst's remarks help push Boeing shares down 4 percent

Boeing Co. shares traded sharply lower Tuesday after a Cowen and Co. analyst suggested that the aerospace giant is unlikely to meet Wall Street's estimates for profit in 2009 and 2010. In a note to investors, the analyst...

Government keeps 11-hour limit on truckers hours

NEW YORK - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday maintained a regulation that allows truck drivers to stay on the road for 11 hours in a row, rather than a limit of 10. In a conference call, administrator...

The Private Sector: A world of opportunity through global trade

It can be hard to recognize transition when you are in the middle of it. While other cities are still debating the virtues of global trade, many Pittsburgh-area businesses have realigned themselves to be a welcome port for...

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