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Canadian Brewery Selling 'Presidential Pack' with 1,461 Beers
That's a lot of beer.
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This photo provided by the Paris Police Prefecture shows a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb that caused transportation chaos in Paris, that included the suspension of high-speed rail links with London and Brussels and the closure of a vital road artery in the French capital Friday, March 7, 2025 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris.
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WWII Bomb Found By Earth-Moving Machine Causes Hours of Travel Chaos
Disposal experts destroyed the fuse "like you see in the movies."
March 10, 2025
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Boeing Closes Shadow Factory; Volvo's Counterfeit Part Problem; Micro-Factories Build Homes | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 210
Also on the podcast, the tariff impact on industrial manufacturing; Ford Mustangs recalled again, new stoves plug into normal wall outlet, huge 3D-printed parts on aircraft carriers and America's nuclear waste headache.
March 10, 2025
Trucks loaded with avocados are seen reflected on a rear view mirror as they are escorted by the police on their way to the city of Uruapan, in Santa Ana Zirosto, Michoacan state, Mexico, Jan. 26, 2023.
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Trump Has Begun Another Trade War. Here's a Timeline of How We Got Here
On-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.
March 10, 2025
Two amplifiers side by side.
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DARPA Accelerating Critical Component Manufacturing From Years to Weeks
DARPA's startup support enables high-production amplifier production breakthrough.
March 10, 2025
In this photo released by Nissan Motor Corp., its driverless vehicle, center, drives along a street in Yokohama, near Tokyo in February 2025.
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Japan's Nissan Tests Driverless Vehicles in City Streets Filled With Cars and People
The driverless technology uses uses 14 cameras, nine radars and six LiDar sensors.
March 10, 2025
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Which U.S. Companies Are Pulling Back on DEI?
Proponents say the initiatives diversify workforces through policies like widening candidate pools.
March 10, 2025
Tyler Klick, partner and viticulturist at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management, in a Chardonnay vineyard in Geyserville, Calif., Jan. 24, 2025.
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AI Made Its Way to Vineyards. Here's How the Technology Is Helping Make Your Wine
AI allows for better-informed decisions about crops through a process called "precision farming."
March 10, 2025
Shelves lined with Jack Daniels Whiskey.
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Jack Daniel’s Producer Claims Canada’s Empty Shelves ‘Worse Than Tariffs’
Tariff retaliation has led to Canadian stores steering clear of U.S. goods.
March 10, 2025
The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La., Sept. 23, 2022.
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Justice Dept. Says Ending Louisiana Petrochemical Case Helps 'Dismantle Radical DEI Programs'
The plant was sued in 2023, alleging it posed an unacceptable cancer risk.
March 10, 2025
This photo provided by Intuitive Machines on Friday, March 7, 2025, shows the Athena, a private lunar lander, after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole.
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Private Lunar Lander Declared Dead After Landing Sideways in a Crater
The lander missed its mark by more than 800 feet.
March 10, 2025
President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.
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China Learned From Trump's First Trade War and Changed Its Tactics When Tariffs Came Again
"If war is what the U.S. wants, we're ready to fight till the end."
March 10, 2025
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024.
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Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives, Loosen laws To Attract Power Plants
The spike in demand for electricity is being driven, in large part, by the artificial intelligence race.
March 10, 2025
This combination of file photos shows, from left, U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 7, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 10, 2023, China's President Xi Jinping in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 20, 2024 and Mexico's President in Mexico City, June 27, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell addresses the annual U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, March 7, 2025.
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Fed Chair Says Interest Rates on Hold with Economic Uncertainty Widespread
The Federal Reserve is likely to keep its key interest rate unchanged in the coming months.
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Considerations for Manufacturers Refinancing Amid Interest Rate Volatility
Manufacturing companies taking on new debt or refinancing existing debt should be mindful to ensure new debt covenants would not pose a threat.
March 7, 2025
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
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Why Automakers' Short Reprieve From Tariffs Isn't Enough to Weather Escalating Trade War
Plants can't be moved, factories can't be built and product lines can't be changed overnight.
March 7, 2025
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.
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Canada's Tariffs to Remain Despite Trump's Postponement
Canada expects to be in a trade war with the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
March 7, 2025