Paul Wiseman

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

December 1, 2023

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Whole Foods Brand Soup Recalled Over Label Error

December 8, 2023

White Claw Radically New Beverage For Adults

White Claw Launches '0% Alcohol' Seltzer

December 8, 2023

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Elopak Announces 1st U.S. Manufacturing Plant

December 7, 2023

Security Breach Podcast

Security Breach Podcast

A new video series from Manufacturing.net - Security Breach, looks to offer the insight and tools needed to ready your company's defenses. Stay up-to-date on today's vital cybersecurity topics by subscribing here.

December 1, 2023

Shoppers head to their cars at a Costco in Sheridan, Colo., July 11, 2023.

Consumer Spending Up as Inflation Eases, Job Market Remains Strong

But there is early evidence of a pushback in some earnings reports.

July 18, 2023

A parent shops for school supplies deals at a Target store, July 27, 2022, North Miami, Fla.

July U.S. Retail Sales Flat as Inflation Takes a Toll

Still, the report contained some positive signs.

August 17, 2022

A farmer gestures near a mound of grain in his barn in Ptyche, Ukraine, June 12, 2022.

How Did the Russia-Ukraine War Trigger a Food Crisis?

Together, the two countries export nearly a third of the world’s wheat and barley.

June 20, 2022

Beth Duckworth fills a display cabinet with sweet treats at The Goldenrod, a popular restaurant and candy shop in York Beach, Maine, June 1, 2022.

Red-Hot Summer Job Market Awaits Teens as Employers Sweat

The number of open jobs far exceeds the number of people willing to fill them — even at higher wages.

June 2, 2022

A wheat warehouse belonging to Ivan Kilgan, head of the regional agricultural association village, in Luky village, in western Ukraine, on March 25, 2022. The northwestern Lviv region near the border with Poland, far from the heart of what is known as Ukraine's breadbasket in the south, is being asked to plant all the available fields it can, said Kilgan. How to prevent food insecurity and skyrocketing prices globally as Russia continues its war in Ukraine will be the marquee topic of discussion at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington.

Finance Heads Urged to Boost Fight Against Food Insecurity

Among the proposed solutions: reducing export restrictions, relieving price controls across countries and subsidizing small farmers globally.

April 19, 2022

Wheat warehouse belonging to Ivan Kilgan, head of the regional agricultural association village, Luky, Ukraine, March 25, 2022.

Global Finance Leaders Focus on Food Insecurity

The loss of commodities due to the war in Ukraine triggered soaring prices.

April 19, 2022

Farmers offload livestock manure from a truck, that will be used to fertilize crops due to the increased cost of fertilizer that they say they now can't afford to purchase, in Kiambu, near Nairobi, in Kenya Thursday, March 31, 2022. Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed up fertilizer prices that were already high, made scarce supplies rarer still and squeezed farmers, especially those in the developing world struggling to make a living.

Russian War Worsens Fertilizer Crunch

It's becoming a threat to food supplies globally.

April 12, 2022

An empty space on a liquor shelf where Russian vodka used to be located at The Sidetrack, a gay bar on the north side of Chicago, July 29, 2013. The United States and Europe are slapping official sanctions on Russian banks and tech companies. But bars and liquor stores across America and Canada have found another way to punish Russia for invading Ukraine: They’re pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and promoting Ukrainian brands instead.

Bars Drop Russian Vodka, Promote Ukraine's

"I thought I would put on sanctions as well,’’ said one bar owner.

February 28, 2022

In this March 13 file photo, lobsters await shipping at a wholesale distributer in Arundel, ME.

EU to Cut Taxes on US Lobsters in Win for Maine Industry

The European Union agreed to drop its 8 percent tariff on US lobsters for the next five years and to work to make the move permanent.

August 24, 2020

Signs advising social distancing and wearing face masks are posted on a door of The Barrel Room restaurant during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco on July 14. The Barrel Room, a San Francisco wine bar and restaurant, cautiously reopened last week, hoping to salvage as much of 2020 as possible from the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns meant to contain it.

Restaurants Unlikely to Help US Economy Recover

Just when eateries of all categories and price levels had been anticipating a summertime comeback, new viral cases are upending everything.

July 22, 2020

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May Consumer Prices Fall for 3rd Straight Month

The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer price index fell 0.1 percent last month after tumbling 0.8 percent in April.

June 10, 2020

Trump Japan Trade Deal Ap

Trade Deal to Benefit Farmers

The deal would win back for American farmers benefits they lost when Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office.

October 7, 2019

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Farmers Hope Trump Delivers on Japan Trade Deal

Foreign competitors currently have an advantage due to 20 percent or higher taxes being levied on American beef, pork and some cheeses.

September 5, 2019

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China Accused of Slowing Farm Purchases

Trump said China had agreed to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a cease-fire in the two countries' trade war.

July 12, 2019