On December 3, China banned exports of critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony to the U.S., as reported by Reuters.

"This past weekend exceeded expectations in terms of the sheer volume of shoppers,” said National Retail Federation.

Companies might shift from actual weight to dimensional weight, says Charles Haverfield of US Packaging & Wrapping.

"U.S. manufacturing activity contracted again in November, but at a slower rate compared to last month,” said Timothy R.

New ADP survey finds 94% of companies find a skills-based hiring is more predictive of on-the-job success than résumés.

Agentic reasoning, multimodality, and AI agents will help improve efficiency and effectiveness says Gartner. .