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A major meat supplier is shuttering two US plant locations, and experts say it’s bad news for carnivores. JBS USA, a meat-processing company that supplies Costco and BJ’s, as well as grocers such as Food Lion, Weis Markets, WinCo, and Stop & Shop, announced this week that it is closing its operations in Philadelphia and Memphis, eliminating a total of 2,000 jobs. “These decisions are never easy because they directly affect our team members and the communities where we operate,” said Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of JBS USA. “We are deeply grateful to the team members at these facilities for...

In his latest weekly letter to client, One River Asset Management CIO, Eric Peters, attached a letter that a small US supplier of industrial chemicals sent to all its customers earlier this month, in which they apologize for their 70% price hikes. It forecasts additional price hikes. Dear Customer: I hope that you and your business are doing well. New price sheets are enclosed. I have been working at xxxxxxxxxx Industries for over 50 years. I have never seen anything like the current supply problems. Not with COVID-19 in 2020, not during Nixon’s presidency in 1968 and 1969. Raw materials...

Is there anyone here who supplies commodities? If so, just tell me what you have to offer and how much you can supply a month.

A Philippines man suspected to have sold explosives to Jemaah Islamiah bomb maker Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi has been arrested in the central Philippines, police said. Chief Inspector Narvin Sanchex says the suspect, Antonio Reyes, was arrested on the island of Bohol and is being held on the adjacent island of Cebu. Reyes, originally based in Cebu, had allegedly provided homemade explosives to contacts of al-Ghozi in November 2000 for about 80,000 pesos ($US1,480). Filipino police arrested al-Ghozi last year and tracked down a 1.2-tonne cache of explosives in a hideout he used in the southern city of General Santos. He...