The announcement on the Export-Import Bank's website proclaimed in big blue letters "Ex-Im Bank Reauthorized" - but the fight is not over yet for the government's embattled export credit agency.

Covectra, a provider of technology for product serialization, authentication and tracking and tracing, has launched a new system for protecting infant formula from counterfeiting.

Proposed regulations mandated by the Sanitary Food Transportation Act and the Food Safety Modernization Act hold powerful implications for the future of the cold chain industry. The business environment is shifting, and the proposed rule is just one piece of this changing landscape, as the industry experiences an overall increase in regulations, customer-required audits and augmented public pressure from food recalls.

In future conflicts, America's merchant fleet could find itself outnumbered and outmaneuvered on the high seas, say the authors of a new paper on U.S. maritime security.