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Hurricane Ian is likely to drive up the cost of critical materials across the south-eastern US, with inflation already affecting prices.

The past few years have highlighted serious deficiencies in prevalent supply-chain strategies and the major risk that disruptions pose to corporate success. Loss of sales and market share are the most visible and measurable impacts. McKinsey estimates that shocks lasting a month or longer are occurring every 3.7 years and companies can expect to lose 42% of one year’s EBITDA every decade due to supply-chain disruptions.

'Last year, it was almost purely about supply. This year, we are really thinking more about demand,' an analyst says. Meanwhile, labor tensions are running higher.

(The Center Square) — A union's vote against ratification of a tentative national agreement between workers and the nation's Class I freight railroads could lead to a rail strike.

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 12, 2022 – In 2016, Chile introduced the gradual implementation of a comprehensive and mandatory food labeling law that was designed to warn consumers of the risks of unhealthy foods. To do so, the law required that if a product contained excessive amounts of certain nutrients (like sugar), which are considered unhealthful if consumed in large quantities, the product should display mandatory warning labels on the packaging. Moreover, several other countries have already adopted these new warning labels.