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Court Backlogs Are Clogging the System – New Research Finds a Surprising Fix
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 21, 2025 – Courts around the world are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads, leaving individuals and businesses waiting months – sometimes years – for resolution. But a new study in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management has uncovered a surprisingly simple way to speed up the system that doesn’t require hiring more judges.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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Jeff Angelo: Shrinkflation Comes To Your Thanksgiving Table

Jeff Angelo: Shrinkflation Comes To Your Thanksgiving Table

WHO Radio, November 10, 2022

UCLA Professor Christopher Tang joins Jeff to describe how "shrinkflation" is going to impact your Thanksgiving budget this year. Jeff, super producer Mike, and Iowans then discuss what items they "must" have at their Thanksgiving feast. What items are "must haves" for you at any Thanksgiving meal?

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

New CDC Guidelines on the Prescription of Opioids

Audio Clip, November 9, 2022

New audio is available for media use featuring Hui Zhao, a professor of supply chain management and Charles and Lilian Binder Faculty Fellow at The Pennsylvania State University. She speaks about new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines on the prescriptions of opioids. The audio is provided by INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences. What follows are four questions and responses. These responses were provided on November 8, 2022.

CO2 Shortage Hits the Beer World

CO2 Shortage Hits the Beer World

Beer Connoisseur, November 9, 2022

According to experts, the craft beer and brewing industry is being hit by a shortage of CO2. Just how did this happen? And is this a long-term problem?

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