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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed.

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Hurricane Florence: What You Need to Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

It will deliver tropical-storm-level winds by noon Thursday to North Carolina's coast, and hurricane-force winds and dangerous storm surges by late Thursday or early Friday. Additionally, category 2 storm Helene, currently off the coast of Africa, is expected to crawl towards Europe after losing speed.

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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

For example, on June 26, Lithium producer Livent Corp had a fire at its largest manufacturing plant in North Carolina. In another instance, Hulamin Aluminum Mill workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, began striking on July 14 for higher medical care contributions. A lithium compound caught fire at the 800-acre facility.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

One of the best examples is the delivery of blood bags in some areas of Africa. And truck platooning is being experimented with in North Carolina. De Bernardini writes, “The use of drones has already significantly modified the supply chain in areas and markets where transportation was a critical bottleneck. Blockchain.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative held its bi-annual Industry Partner Meeting in the Talley Student Center at North Carolina State University this past week. China will form Free Trade Agreements with every country along this entire network.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

It is not so much the application of a tariff, or even leaving NAFTA, but more like “North Carolina leaving the United States!” Africa is an emerging powerhouse, and the African continental trade agreement is growing and there is a huge investment from China in Africa.

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The GMO War of Words

Enterra Insights

foods, while a study by Jennifer Kuzma, a biochemist who is a director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at North Carolina State University, found that consumers will pay up to 20 percent more to avoid them.” Nearly half of all U.S. shoppers say that they try not to buy G.M.O.

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