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☆ With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Hinton isn’t the first Nobel laureate to warn about the risks of the technology that he helped pioneer. Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935. AFP/Getty Images1945: Antibiotic resistanceSir Alexander Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine with Ernst Chain and Sir Edward Florey for the discovery of penicillin and its application in curing bacterial infections. “I, for one, would not shrink from that challenge.”Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020 for her work on a new method of gene editing. Nobel Prize Outreach/Brittany Hosea-Small/Handout/Reuters2020: Gene editingFour years ago, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing called CRISPR-Cas9.

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☆ California’s Long-Embattled Ports Are Winning Back Imports
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Importers Face Surging Shipping Costs, Delays as Red Sea Diversions Pile Up
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Paul Berger | Costas Paris | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Red Sea is one of the most important shipping waterways in the world, but it’s also one of the most dangerous. Here’s how the cargo industry is responding to try and guard against attacks from the Houthis in Yemen. Illustration: Annie ZhaoWestern importers are reporting a steep rise in ocean-shipping rates and weekslong delays as carriers divert ships from the Red Sea to avoid Houthi rebel attacks. Some companies shipping goods on the crucial trade lane are starting to chafe at the rising prices and extra fees that ocean carriers are imposing for the higher cost of routing containerships on longer voyages around the Horn of Africa following drone and missile attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Persons: it’s, Annie Zhao, Houthi Locations: Yemen, of Africa

☆ Yellow Rivals Scoop Up Truck Terminals in Bankruptcy Auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

About a dozen trucking companies bought properties at a bankruptcy court-supervised auction that unloaded 75% of Yellow’s properties. Above, a Yellow terminal in Orlando, Fla. Photo: Paul Hennessy/Zuma PressYellow is set to raise more than $2 billion after a bankruptcy auction that will disperse much of its national network of truck terminals among rivals, casting deeper doubt on a long shot bid to revive the trucker. About a dozen trucking companies bought properties at a court-supervised auction that unloaded 75% of Yellow’s properties for a total of just under $1.9 billion, according to a filing Monday evening in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The bids must be approved by the court, which is scheduled to hold a hearing Dec. 12.

Persons: Paul Hennessy, Zuma Organizations: Bankruptcy Locations: Orlando, Fla, U.S, Delaware

☆ New Offer Seeks to Revive Collapsed Trucker Yellow
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Yellow was the third-largest carrier in trucking’s less-than-truckload sector, in which freight from multiple customers is combined in a single trailer. Photo: Charlie Riedel/Associated PressBankrupt trucker Yellow is considering an offer to revive the carrier and rehire thousands of its former workers as it weighs competing bids at a court-supervised auction that would disperse its nationwide network of truck terminals to rivals. Sarah Riggs Amico, executive chair of auto carrier Jack Cooper Transport, is leading a bid that would replace Yellow, which shut down over the summer, with a smaller, leaner trucking company that aims to win back some of the billions of dollars worth of freight business that has shifted to a range of other carriers.

Persons: Charlie Riedel, Sarah Riggs Amico, Jack Cooper Organizations: Associated Press Locations: trucking’s

☆ Boygenius pay tribute to Sinéad O’Connor with charity single
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The indie supergroup boygenius released a charity single on Friday, paying tribute to Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter who died in July at age 56. Boygenius collaborated with Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds to produce a cover of the popular folk song “The Parting Glass,” with the proceeds going to the Aisling Project – a Dublin-based charity chosen by O’Connor’s estate, which provides after-school activities, support and meals for disadvantaged children and young people. “We are absolutely thrilled that boygenius have chosen to give proceeds from the release to Aisling Project,” Project Leader Mícheál Clear told CNN. “It’s an absolute privilege to be associated with the stunningly beautiful homage to Sinéad O’Connor and we can’t possibly thank boygenius enough.”Sinéad O'Connor performs in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1988. Like the recently Grammy-nominated boygenius, O’Connor also sang a version of “The Parting Glass” as a track on her 2002 album “Sean-Nós Nua.”

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☆ Hydrogen Fuel Is Gaining Traction With Truckers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Last-Minute Bid Would Seek to Revive Collapsed Trucker Yellow
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The sale of Yellow’s network of trucking terminals and tens of thousands of trucks and trailers is moving through U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Photo: Charlie Riedel/Associated PressJack Cooper Transport, a specialized operator that hauls automobiles for carmakers, plans to submit a bid backed by $1 billion in financing and support from the Teamsters union and some U.S. lawmakers that would halt the liquidation of trucking giant Yellow and seek to resurrect the shuttered business, according to people familiar with the matter. The improbable effort would require the Treasury Department to defer repayment for several years of a $700 million loan provided to Yellow under a Covid pandemic-era bailout, one of several debts that helped push one of the country’s biggest truckers into collapse earlier this year.

Persons: Charlie Riedel, Press Jack Cooper Organizations: Bankruptcy, Press, Press Jack Cooper Transport, Teamsters, Treasury Department Locations: U.S

☆ Yellow’s Rivals Are Getting a Boost From the Trucker’s Demise
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Freight carrier Yellow shut down operations after 99 years in business. Here’s how ballooning debt and a standoff with the Teamsters union led to Yellow’s downfall. Photo: George Walker IV/Associated PressThe collapse of one of the largest U.S. trucking companies is propping up competitors in a lean freight market. XPO , ABF Freight and Saia are among the carriers reporting strong growth in pricing power, shipment volumes and other key measures during the most recent quarter in trucking’s less-than-truckload sector, a high-stakes corner of the market in which carriers combine freight from multiple customers in a single trailer.

Persons: George Walker IV Organizations: Teamsters, Associated Locations: trucking’s

☆ How Digital Freight Darling Convoy Ran off the Road
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Convoy’s business model was built on making the business of finding a truck and booking a shipment totally digital. Photo: Daniel Acker for The Wall Street JournalConvoy had smart technology, a star-studded lineup of investors and a shiny valuation that spoke to its big ambitions. But the backing that investors sent the business in early 2022, at the peak of pandemic-driven shipping demand and venture-capital fervor for new supply chain tech, also helped accelerate the undoing of one of the brightest of a long lineup of digital startups.

Persons: Daniel Acker Organizations: Wall Street, Convoy

☆ CMA CGM’s Saadé Urges Calm as Ocean Carrier Profits Plummet
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shipping billionaire Rodolphe Saadé said carriers should accept that the industry is returning to normal cycles that include long periods when profits are tight. Photo: benoit tessier/ReutersRodolphe Saadé, the billionaire chief executive of French container line CMA CGM, says the shipping industry shouldn’t panic over a sharp retreat in earnings. The head of the world’s third-largest liner company said in an interview that he expects the weak growth in global trade to continue through 2024. But Saadé said the tumbling profits from record highs during the Covid-19 pandemic essentially bring the business back to prepandemic levels.

Persons: Rodolphe Saadé, benoit tessier, Saadé Organizations: Shipping, CMA

☆ Digital Startup Convoy Is Winding Down Its Freight Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Liz Young | Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Convoy matches loads to available trucks and has counted Home Depot and Unilever among its customers. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesDigital freight startup Convoy, a business founded by former Amazon.com executives that has drawn a star-studded lineup of tech investors, has suspended operations and is winding down its core business as it seeks alternatives that may include selling its technology, according to people familiar with the matter. Convoy, which raised $260 million in a funding round last year that valued the business at $3.8 billion, on Wednesday told employees in an email that it would stop accepting shipments until further notice and that it was rescheduling or canceling existing loads.

Persons: Chip Somodevilla Organizations: Convoy, Depot, Unilever, Wednesday

☆ Yellow’s Bankruptcy Sparks a Battle to Reset Trucking Competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Geodis’s Marie-Christine Lombard on New Hurdles in Global Supply Chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A parcel-sorting chain of Prisme, an interprofessional book distribution platform of Geodis in a Paris suburb. Photo: emmanuel dunand/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesCompanies are making big changes to their supply chains in the wake of the Covid pandemic and rising tensions between the U.S. and China, and logistics businesses are following them to new destinations as they try to clear the hurdles to new manufacturing and distribution strategies.

Persons: emmanuel dunand Organizations: Agence France, Getty, U.S Locations: Paris, China

☆ ILWU Dockworkers Union’s Sway at West Coast Ports Is Tested in Bankruptcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Turmoil Over Migrants at U.S.-Mexico Border Is Straining Trade Flows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ California’s Zero-Emissions Rule Triggers a Run on Diesel Rigs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Tupac, Cocaine, Murder: Henchmen Brothers, Hip-Hop's Forgotten Moguls
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +39 min

Mario called Tupac. All he could do was listen to her cry as he explained that he didn't know when he'd be back. He didn't speak Spanish, didn't know a soul in Mexico, and had no clue where he would be sent. Mario didn't ask why, and the guy didn't inquire about Mario's predicament. "It's all good, man," Mario told Jimmy.

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☆ West Coast Ports Face Hurdles Winning Back Importers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Dockworkers Ratify Labor Deal at West Coast Ports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ With Bills Ranging From $81 to Millions Due, Yellow’s Creditors Face Uncertain Recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Where Peak-Season Shipping Is Headed, In Charts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Bankrupt Trucker Yellow’s Real Estate Is in High Demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Bankrupt Yellow Draws New $1.5 Billion Bid for Truck Terminals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Importers Are Absorbing Higher Shipping Costs This Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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