The fuel that powers passenger planes is normally among the most expensive oil products, but in a sign of the times the coronavirus has turned it into a blending component for typically cheaper shipping fuel. Straight-run kerosene, usually processed into jet fuel, is now being used to make very low-sulfur fuel oil for the maritime
Importing cheap prescription drugs from Canada seems like an easy strategy to save money for American consumers. Eight in 10 people surveyed by the Kaiser Family Foundation last year gave it a thumb’s up. But its main effect could be to deprive Canadians of needed drugs, creating a rift between the nations. Canada has only
Amazon.com Inc. is gearing up for the online holiday shopping season by fine-tuning its sprawling delivery network to ensure orders get to customers on time. To that end, the company is testing a new inventory storage service to help meet holiday demand and its next-day shipping pledge without overcrowding its warehouses or running out of
China’s aggressive campaign to bring down drug prices is leading to a “vicious cycle” and will prevent the emergence of a national pharmaceutical champion, said one of the country’s biggest drug makers. In some of the strongest criticism yet over a new policy that is likely to save China tens of billions of dollars, but