The difference between crumbling under the weight of complex supply chains and reacting to sudden change is a matter of having the right tools.

Importers argue the shipments aren’t covered by EU sanctions, yet the trade runs counter to the EU’s efforts to deprive Russia of fossil-fuel revenues.

A vast shadow fleet of tankers with unknown owners is being amassed to service Moscow’s interests, despite the harshest sanctions on Russian exports in history.

China released a set of economic figures which had been postponed from the previous week, one day after Xi named party loyalist Li Qiang as the new second-in-command.

Whirlpool is slashing production of its refrigerators, dish washers and other home appliances by more than a third to shrink inventories.

The world’s biggest auto manufacturer said it will produce 800,000 units in November and suspend operations at several of its plants in Japan due to the impact of supply constraints.

The queue of container ships waiting for berths at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fell to just four vessels this week.

The oral drug, nilotinib, is used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia, and may be made in Egypt, Guatemala, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tunisia.

The credit facility from the New York-based investment firm is Flexport Capital’s first outside funding since its inception in 2017.

Asos and its rival Boohoo were seen as a poster children for the shift to online shopping. But they have struggled as people have returned to stores.