Flood insurance claims due to Hurricane Helene — which swamped southern states in September — could ultimately total $7 billion.

Sources told CNBC that the discussions largely centered around hammering out language surrounding automation at U.S. ports. 

The planned talks are a welcome sign for importers and exporters bracing for a labor disruption that would shut every major port on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. 

The ILA and USMX have until January 15 to come to a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement to avert another strike at U.S. ports.

With contentious union negotiations, rapid advancements in automation and AI, and growing global scrutiny on human rights abuses, 2025 is set to be a transformative year for labor.

Organizations have problems when senior business executives are involved in troubleshooting everyday issues. Even if a company engages in strategic planning processes like Integrated Business Planning (IBP), it won’t get the expected results without proper execution at lower levels. 

In the third white paper of our series, “Deploying Strategy with Integrated Business Planning,” we illustrate how demand planning should drive the business.

This white paper demonstrates the principles of connecting strategy to plans and execution in each business function using Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as the means of deployment.

Just reaching the epicenter of the outbreak of “Disease X” can take about 48 hours by road from the capital, Kinshasa.

Boeing's machinist strike ended in early November, although it's taken weeks for the company to spin its factories back up to full operations.