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  • The container-shipping industry is more consolidated than ever. As of this month, the world’s top ocean carriers are now mostly in three major alliances, set to control 90 percent of seaborne cargo. That changes the game for many of the country’s ports, who are themselves beginning to work together.  Click the audio player above to […]

  • Regulators in China are slowing the pace of approving genetically modified crop varieties grown by U.S. producers. Those are crops engineered to resist things like bugs and weedkillers. China is the largest export market for genetically modified soybeans from the U.S, and folks with ties to U.S. agriculture are worried the slower pace of approvals […]

  • The cast of "The Good Fight" and the show's executive producers at the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour. Marc DeBevoise, president of CBS Interactive, says CBS All Access has more than a million subscribers.
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    'The next 50 years of television, you’ll still be looking for the CBS brand out there,' exec says.

  • Boeing had struck a deal to sell dozens of planes to an Iranian airline, a move that got initial approval from the Obama administration. But now it needs final approval from the Trump administration. We'll look at the complicated dilemma the president's team faces. Afterwards, we'll chat with JPMorgan's chief global strategist, David Kelley, about the gap between people's attitudes and what people are actually spending. And finally, as part of our "Robot-Proof Jobs" series, we'll hear from a former real estate appraiser about how technology has affected her profession and where she is now.

  • Boeing said its deal to sell 737 MAX airliners to Iran is worth $6 billion and will create 18,000 jobs.
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    The Trump administration still has to approve the deal.

  • What does ‘college affordability’ mean?
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    The Urban Institute has some answers in an online resource.

  • More than 2,500 people flee war-torn South Sudan every day. By the end of this year, 400,000 are expected arrive in Uganda, its neighbor to the south. Uganda is exceptionally open to these refugees, but it needs financial and logistical help as the influx has outpaced relief efforts. Click the audio player above to hear […]

  • Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, speaks at the World Economic Forum in January in Davos, Switzerland.
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    The Facebook COO and LeanIn.org founder says companies need to be transparent about how they pay employees.

  • Some big companies are boycotting YouTube after too many of their ads appeared to be sponsoring offensive content. Why can't the algorithms get it right? Brian Wieser, a senior analyst for Pivotal Research, explains how subjective the process can be. Afterwards, we'll look at the decline in taxi ridership — and the value of taxi medallions. And finally, we'll discuss Apple's decision to cut ties with Imagination Technologies, the firm that gives the company its microchip technology.

  • Emergency services personnel walk at the entrance to Technological Institute metro station in Saint Petersburg on Monday.
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    President Vladimir Putin said investigators are looking into whether the explosion was a terror attack.