Automation on the waterfront
Oct 1, 2024

Automation on the waterfront

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Today: What's behind the longshoremen's strike and how truckers will take a hit. Also: Swedish candy goes viral.

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At issue in the longshoremen's strike: How much automation is appropriate at ports?

Oct 1, 2024
Automation at U.S. ports on the East and Gulf Coasts tends to lag behind that at the West Coast, Asian and European ports.
Around 80 longshoremen striking in the rain at the Port of Baltimore on Oct. 1. Baltimore is the farthest inland port on the east coast, and is known for importing cars, farm equipment, gypsum, and sugar.
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Port strike stalls truckers as well as deliveries

Oct 1, 2024
Drivers are seeking alternate income sources as their regular work grinds to a halt. Some are doing maintenance on their vehicles.
The longshoremen's work stoppage has idled legions of trucks that haul goods to and from U.S. ports.
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

August JOLTS signals cooler jobs market. That's not bad news

Oct 1, 2024
The market is coming down from a hiring boom that wasn’t exactly sustainable.
Fewer people are leaving their jobs, according to latest JOLTS data.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Taller, slicker data centers could be the future

Oct 1, 2024
Data centers are getting taller and slicker as they move closer to urban and suburban areas.
A construction crew works on a CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Why you can buy the same product at different retailers for vastly different prices

Oct 1, 2024
When a retailer buys a product from a manufacturer as is and slaps its own label and price tag on it, the practice is called white labelling.
White labeling is "more common than you think it is," says retail trend analyst Natalie Kotlyar with BDO.
Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Sweetish candy shop got an unexpected boost from a viral TikTok post

Oct 1, 2024
Tyler Graybeal, owner of a Swedish-style store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, says keeping up with demand was difficult at first.
Attention from a viral TikTok video meant Sweetish orders went from tens a day to thousands.
Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Andie Corban Producer I
Sarah Leeson Producer I
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Sofia Terenzio Associate Producer I
Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer