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Unwrap Romania
After landing in the small city of Bacau, in northeastern Romania, I patiently waited for the stairs to arrive outside my window and...
CLAAS keeps abreast of daunting supply chain challenges
Claas of America, Inc., is located in the heart of the corn and wheat belts of the Midwest and is the North American division of Claas,...
May manufacturing continues to grow along with new export orders, as imports slide
June 13, 2022 - According to the June Institute for Supply Management’s Report on Business (ISM), US manufacturing recorded the 24th...
Global economic outlook sinking
June 7, 2022 - According to Euromonitor International’s latest Global Economic Forecast Q2 2022, the global economic outlook has fallen...
Global wheat harvest faces real challenges
While US wheat exports are faring well (see feature article by US Wheat Associates), wheat production globally is coming under extreme...
Business and Leisure Thrive in Hungary
With our world finally opening back up in the wake of Covid, the CEO of Expedia, Peter Kern, has predicted summer 2022 will be the...
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Wheat Growers
In 2022, almost the only thing certain for U.S. wheat growers is uncertainty. On one hand, several factors since late 2020 have created...
Is artificial intelligence (AI) right for your company?
Simply put, artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by...
Uruguay is a Cultural Well Kept Secret
Uruguay’s capital city of Montevideo may not be an internationally renowned hotspot for tourism, but what it lacks in name recognition,...
Bloomin’ Blinds – a fast-moving company that utilizes AI to help drive its business
Bloomin’ Blinds is a family-owned, blinds and window covering franchise committed to the customer experience since 2001 and headquartered...
Bye Aerospace Utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) for its Electric Motor
Bye Aerospace is the small, international Denver, Colorado-based company we featured in our February 2021 edition. It relies on AI from...
Trucking Spot Rates Are Falling
April 25, 2022 – According to today’s Cargo Business News, April’s national average spot rates for dry van freight have already fallen to...
Food Exports Drive North Dakota Exports
April 18, 2022 – While the national export growth was 23 percent in 2021, North Dakota exports surged 42 percent driven by its186 percent...
Don’t Overlook Slovenia
Slovenia is one of those countries that is often overlooked and underestimated. Sandwiched between the larger countries of Italy,...
Business confidence slides among 9-state midwestern supply managers
The US January 2022 trade deficit rocketed to a second straight record monthly high of $107.6 billion. For 2021, the US trade deficit...
Another Midwestern option to avoid congested West coast port delays
FreightWaves reported earlier this month that a Canadian Pacific (CP) - Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) freight train traveled from...
SWIFT
By Michael Salerno, Vice President, Global Banking Group, First National Bank of Omaha Most international transactions are processed...
Looming West Coast port strikes cause shippers’ unease
According to a recent report from Everstream Analytics, in an effort to avoid anticipated congestion at West Coast ports due to a looming...
Is the WTO becoming more irrelevant?
March 23, 2022 – Posing a recent question from The National Interest, is the World Trade Organization (WTO) drifting to further...
The December economy surged ahead along posturing a positive business confidence entering 2022
January 4, 2022 – With manufacturing, exports and imports closing 2021 on a positive note, purchasing managers indicated that they expect...
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