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Court Backlogs Are Clogging the System – New Research Finds a Surprising Fix
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 21, 2025 – Courts around the world are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads, leaving individuals and businesses waiting months – sometimes years – for resolution. But a new study in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management has uncovered a surprisingly simple way to speed up the system that doesn’t require hiring more judges.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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Residual Impacts of Winter Storm Drive Spike in PVC Prices, Demand

Residual Impacts of Winter Storm Drive Spike in PVC Prices, Demand

Thomas Net, June 21, 2021

Over the last 20 years, the American Gulf Coast has seen a surge in petrochemical production in light of increased fracking activity. This major growth positioned the United States as one of biggest international exporters of plastic and other petrochemical products. But this growth, while positive, meant that the extremely damaging winter storm that hit the southern U.S. back in February of this year wreaked havoc on industrial supply chains not just nationwide, but on a global scale. 

 

A Higher Minimum Wage Can Lead Employers to Lower Compensation

A Higher Minimum Wage Can Lead Employers to Lower Compensation

Bloomberg, June 23, 2021

A study published this month in the Harvard Business Review finds that “as minimum wage increases, firms may strategically adjust their scheduling practices to reduce the number of workers eligible for benefits.” That’s a way for them to suppress compensation costs.

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