By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster.

Samsung Display Co. plans to spend 13.1 trillion won ($11 billion) developing and building next-generation displays, responding to a flood of supply and price pressure from fast-moving Chinese rivals.

The workforce squeeze is not only hitting the rubber glove industry, the world’s biggest, but also impacting businesses such as palm plantations, construction, restaurants and barber shops.

Giant ocean-going tankers built the liquefied natural gas industry into a $150-billion-a-year business. The next expansion opportunity may come from ships a seventh of the normal size.

The idea that bigger is better has been spreading across the country, home to the world’s most voracious consumers of the meat.

The extensive reach of the outages threatens to roil the area’s economy by disrupting workers, shutting stores and forcing companies and agencies to shell out for costly back-up generators to keep operations limping along.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Amazon.com Inc., letting hourly workers at its Nevada warehouses press claims for compensation for time they spent in required security searches after their shifts.

Rent the Runway says its business is working normally again after a cascade of delayed and canceled orders angered customers.

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The rail downturn underscores the damage from the U.S.-China trade war, which is making shippers more cautious and crimping freight — validating earlier warnings from railroad executives.