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Why the Future of Freight Is Multimodal

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The components first travel by ocean to a machining facility in Michigan. Multimodal in Practice At a basic level, multimodal shipping can refer to using two or more distinct modes — such as truck, rail, air or ocean — in a single supply chain. Take the example of a U.K.-based based manufacturer that ships engine blocks through several U.S.

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GM Says Tariffs Cost $1.1B in Q2

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auto plants in Michigan, Kansas, and Tennessee, after announcing a $888 million investment in a Tonawanda, New York plant to support GM’s next generation V-8 engine. In June 2025, GM announced plans to invest $4 billion over the next two years into three U.S.

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Ford Sees Steep Profit Drop With Tariff Tab Rising to $2B

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Ford’s Kentucky-built Escape crossover faces a roughly $5,000 cost disadvantage to a Toyota Rav4, and as much as a $10,000 handicap between a Japan-built 4Runner SUV compared to a Ford Bronco made in Michigan, he said. It’s really meaningful,” Farley said in a Bloomberg TV interview.

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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: The argument for creating an analytics culture

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were reluctant to move their applications and analytical workloads to the cloud because of privacy and security concerns. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1997. In the early days of the cloud, many firms in regulated industries (banking, healthcare, etc.)

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How the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement Affects Ecommerce Shops

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To facilitate the collection of remote sales tax for businesses, SST member states are required to provide the following: Consumer privacy protection. Exactly how does SST simplify sales tax compliance for businesses? Simplified administration of exemptions. Simplified state and local tax rates. Simplified tax remittances and returns.