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Japanese authorities want the conveyor-belt road to run between Tokyo and Osaka.As well as tackling a trucker shortage, the road could reduce carbon emissions.Test runs are expected to begin in 2027 and it could be up and running by the mid-2030s. Japan is planning to build what it describes as…
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – PepsiCo (NASDAQ:) and Coke bottlers in the West Bank are running out of cans and sugar, blocked by the prolonged closure of a Jordan border crossing, managers of two soda-bottling plants in the occupied Palestinian territory said. In the latest global supply chain…
Much of the office market may be mired in a downturn, but demand has been strong for high-end space.New office construction has dropped off sharply, leading to a potential upcoming shortage.Major developers and tenants have taken notice, and projects are revving up to break ground. Office vacancy is at a…
By Tim Hepher and Padraic Halpin WASHINGTON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Boeing (NYSE:)’s first strike in 16 years could further compound global shortages of jetliners that have been pushing up airfares and forcing airlines to keep older jets flying longer, industry executives and analysts said. The U.S. planemaker’s West Coast workers went…
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Allyse Worland, 30, a funeral director licensed in Indiana and Kentucky, who owns Have License Will Travel Continuing Education Provider and is a partner at Continuing Vision. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I was nine years old…
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM’s CEO has urged Aeroports de Paris to improve the French capital’s Charles de Gaulle airport, saying a shortage of jetways has created a daily struggle for aircraft parking spaces and higher operating costs. Speaking to reporters to mark the Franco-Dutch airline group’s…
It’s a trend experts say will drag on the economy and could take years to fix, mainly because men have already been dropping out of the workforce for decades.According to Carol Graham, a senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institute, the labor force participation rate of prime working-age…
By Robert Harvey and Arathy SomasekharLONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin, driving up refiners’ costs with a likely knock-on effect to industries ranging from shipping and construction to Middle Eastern power plants.…
When the pandemic hit the US in the spring of 2020, construction projects of all kinds froze and workers were laid off in huge numbers. But as remote work took hold and many sought larger homes, demand for new residential construction quickly picked up and workers were back on the…
It’s been 18 months since the US Food and Drug Administration announced an Adderall shortage. Since then, many Americans have struggled to access their necessary medications due to supply and cost issues.Forty-one million Americans were prescribed Adderall in 2021 to manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, narcolepsy, and other conditions. The…
