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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,. (WPBN/WGTU) The "Made in America" label, once a sought-after distinction for shoppers, is becoming increasingly elusive as many iconic brands rely on global production. With ...

Carbon steel production totaled 1.8 billion metric tons worldwide for 2025, as weak demand continued dragging the results in ...

On a Hollywood backlot in Los Angeles, you can find a replica New York City street — complete with a diner, a newsstand, brownstones, a bodega and a subway entrance. "This stage has a ton of positive ...

Global oil consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, driven primarily by non-OECD countries, with the U.S. remaining the largest consumer. The U.S. continues to lead the world in total oil ...

Technological transformation is lifting global activity despite elevated U.S. tariffs and persistent policy uncertainty. Similar to the surprisingly resilient pace of U.S. economic growth in 2025, ...

The World’s June oil production increased by 895 kb/d to 84,184 kb/d. For December 2026, production is projected to be 85,538 b/d, an upward revision of 853 kb/d from last month. World oil production ...

EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Moscot, who was most recently chief operating officer at Sony Pictures Television’s unscripted label B17, which produces series including Fox’s Extraction, is launching a global ...

Publicis Groupe has appointed Deepti Velury CEO of global production, a new role at the holding company. The firm also unveiled a new end-to-end agentic AI content engine. Velury will oversee all ...

Since plastic began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, the material has been building up in the environment and in people’s bodies. These six graphs illustrate just how bad the problem has gotten, and ...

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