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On the bright side for FedEx: growing e-commerce

Sep 16, 2015
Aside from China's financial problems affecting shipping, FedEx can be optimistic.

A tale of two small business exporters

Sep 4, 2015
How much would the Trans-Pacific Partnership help these companies?

High hopes and hurdles in selling to Japan

Aug 14, 2015
Unique rules impede business in agriculture, medicine, investment and services.

Why the Chinese currency matters to the U.S. economy

Aug 12, 2015
It could affect imports, exports and interest rates.

Oil slump takes Canada into recession

Jul 16, 2015
Declines in exports are the cause. The rest of the economy is holding up.

The trade deficit has widened to $41.9 billion

Jul 7, 2015
America tends to import more as the economy gets stronger.

The informal economy collides with India’s boom

Mar 5, 2015
A street vendor and a manufacturing success story reveal the limits of India's economy.

For public good, not for profit.

Port lockouts and the sea's importance in supply chain

Feb 12, 2015
What happens when your ship comes in, and there’s no one to unload your goods.

How a strong dollar can be a corporate weakness

Jan 27, 2015
Multinational corporations can be hurt when profits are "lost in translation."

Yes, U.S. oil exports would cut gas prices. Probably.

Oct 22, 2014
It's hard to know where prices will be a year from now