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US retailers looking past China for suppliers see costs up 30%

  Bloomberg When Mike Newman started to hear warnings earlier this year about delays at ports on the US West Coast because of labour negotiations, the threat of more supply-chain chaos “became the last straw for us.” So the chief executive officer of New York-based Returnity Innovations moved about two-thirds of his production of reusable shipping bags and boxes to ...

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Airbus delivers 55 jets in September, still short of 2022 goal

Bloomberg Airbus SE jetliner handovers increased in September, while remaining short of the monthly average needed to reach an already downgraded year-end goal. The planemaker delivered 55 aircraft, up from 39 in August, it said, confirming a Bloomberg report. That takes net tally to 435, meaning it must ship an average 88 per month to hit the annual target of ...

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Boeing tanker’s camera repair to take another 19 months: Air Force

  Bloomberg The US Air Force said it will take an additional 19 months for Boeing Co. to start installing an improved version of the flawed camera-based refuelling system on its KC-46 refuelling planes, according to the service. “After thoroughly evaluating all the data and assumptions that went in to the current schedule” the Air Force and Boeing determined that ...

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