A recall of potentially malfunctioning EpiPens that Mylan first announced for Europe, Japan and Asia has now gone global, including the U.S., with the company retrieving tens of thousands more. Mylan, however, says it has plenty of replacements to avoid any interruptions in supply.

Bug smashers, nearjets, flippers, junkstreams. To most pilots, these names conjure memories of their first jobs in the business, flying small aircraft for regional carriers, often carrying cargo. "It's real flying, the sort that puts hair on your chest," a seasoned American pilot named Dover explained. "There's nothing glamorous about it. You are the dispatcher, it's your job to check the weather, and if it's legal to go, you go. But at the end of the day, I wanted to be there because I wanted to fly. I wanted to be a pilot."

In Tijuana, Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement has transformed this sprawling and gumptious border town from a gritty party spot to something entirely different: a world capital of medical devices.

UPS has announced plans to build a $200m package operations facility in Arlington, Texas, just after it confirmed that it's pilot Saturday-pickup project would be expanded nationwide through 2018.

The launch of two global container-shipping alliances last week got off to a rough start, with cargo owners in Europe complaining of long delays to carry goods to Asia.

Companies of all kinds try to present their financial results in the best light possible to attract investors. One segment of the drug industry is bucking that trend, using an accounting method that narrows its profit margins.

Italian footwear retailer Store of the Future (SOTF) opened its new Florence shop in September 2016, with an EPC ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-based system to bring more personalized service to customers as they try on shoes, while also enabling omnichannel sales.