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Top Aluminum Makers Hike US Surcharge as War Disrupts Supply
Rio Tinto and Century Aluminum raised the premium on aluminum blocks known as billets by about 3 cents a pound, or $110 a ton, above prewar levels.
April 8, 2026FedEx Freight Unit Projects 10% Profit Growth After Spinoff
FedEx has said it鈥檚 separating the freight and parcel operations to better focus on each business.
April 8, 2026Exxon Lost 6% of Its Global Output as War Upended Mideast
Exxon, which also said first-quarter earnings from its energy-products division would be lower, is among the first of the supermajors to disclose the war鈥檚 impact.
April 8, 2026Maersk Faces Arbitration Over Panama Port Takeover
A unit of Hong Kong鈥檚 CK Hutchison said that Maersk had undermined a contract over operations of ports at either end of the Panama Canal.
April 8, 2026International Sells Springfield Plant, Sunsets CV Series
The sale came about because General Motors is axing its Chevrolet Silverado medium-duty line, which is assembled at the Springfield, Ohio, facility.
April 7, 2026Duffy Opens Door to Airline Mergers Amid Fuel Volatility
鈥淧resident Trump, he loves to see big deals happen,鈥 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during an interview on CNBC April 7.聽
April 7, 2026TMC AI Summit: The Convergence of Technology and Maintenance
TMC has made understanding the role of AI a central theme of its educational programming at its 2026 Fall Meeting, scheduled for September 20-24 in Pittsburgh.
April 7, 2026Deere Agrees to Pay $99M to Settle 'Right to Repair' Lawsuit
The deal would settle a 2022 lawsuit that accused the company of withholding repair software and conspiring with dealers to force farmers to use their services.
April 7, 2026Oil Prices Rise Ahead of Trump's Deadline to Reopen Hormuz
The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude climbed 3.9% to $116.83. Brent crude, the international standard, added 0.7% to $110.55.
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