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Columbia Sportswear Is Scouting Factories in Central America

Confronted with the U.S.-China trade war and disruptions in the shipping industry, the company is shifting some production to Central America.

By Peter S. Goodman

Banking and Financial Institutions Consumer Behavior Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Credit and Debt Entrepreneurship Federal Reserve System Income Inequality Inflation (Economics) Interest Rates Labor and Jobs Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) Real Estate and Housing (Residential) Shortages Small Business Stocks and Bonds Supply Chain United States Economy Wages and Salaries

How High Interest Rates Sting Bakers, Farmers and Consumers

Everyone who relies on credit in America is confronting a new reality: Money will cost more for a good long while.

By Lydia DePillis

China Cook, Timothy D Foxconn Technology Guangdong Province (China) Hubei Province (China) Local Government Politics and Government Supply Chain Taiwan

Foxconn, China Contractor for Apple, Said to Be Under Tax Audit

Chinese state media outlets say the Taiwanese factory giant is under investigation in four provinces. The company said it treated legal compliance as a “fundamental principle.”

By Keith Bradsher

Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Developing Countries Fertilizer Floods Food Freight (Cargo) International Trade and World Market Nigeria Nitrogen Potash Poverty Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022) Shortages Supply Chain

How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger

Across Africa and in parts of Asia, disruption to the supply chain for fertilizer is raising food prices and increasing malnutrition.

By Peter S. Goodman and Finbarr OReilly For The New York Times

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