It used to be that the only way for multinational corporations (MNCs) to enter China was through a joint venture with a local Chinese partner"”typically a government-appointed, hopelessly backward state-owned enterprise. Foreign ownership was capped at 50 percent, and MNCs faced numerous hurdles, such as local supplier requirements and mandatory technology transfer agreements.
TNT Express has set out plans to make recurring savings of 220m EURO by 2015 with a series of measures, including consolidating services, optimizing its infrastructure and reducing indirect costs. The restructuring is expected to cost 150m EURO by the end of 2015.
Wal-Mart is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com.
Arthur Adams Jr., director of sales with CSX, outlines shippers' intermodal "pain points," and talks about what the railroad is doing to alleviate them.
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