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Hurricane Harvey Updates

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Harvey downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday night, August 29 but heavy rains and life-threatening flash floods are expected to continue in and around Houston, Beaumont/Port Arthur, eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week. Here’s What You Need To Know: EFFECTS. Auto production in Texas, led by General Motors Co.

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Holiday shopping has started early amid fears over shipping delays

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Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Bindiya Vakil, a supply chain expert, wrote in the Harvard Business Review that storms exacerbated the shortage by shutting down Texas and Louisiana oil producers that process the chemicals used in manufacturing plastic.