shipping

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The company focuses on shipping jobs where multiple smaller shipments are combined into a single trailer, known as the “less-than-truckload,” or LTL, industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

They show up directly in inflation data like PCE but also affect shipping, airline fares, food production, utilities, packaging, business profit margins and consumer psychology.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

On Sunday, the US ‌moved to close a potential loophole for shipping chips like Nvidia's Blackwell processors.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Energy markets have whipsawed this week as investors parse the chances of an agreement that could potentially resume normal shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Pebbles the size of houses had rolled to a stop next to one another, and he thought, It’s like a shipping room when all the merchandise has left.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick