Category: Materials

Dershowitz Condemns Release of Georgia Grand Jury Materials in Trump Election Case

Harvard professor emeritus and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz condemned a judge’s decision to release portions of a grand jury report relating to former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election dispute. Judge Robert McBurney, of the Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit, ordered the release of several pages of Grand Jury opinions on Feb. 16. Those…


Joseph Hardy, Founder of 84 Lumber, Dies on 100th Birthday

FARMINGTON, Pa.—Joseph Hardy III, founder of the 84 Lumber chain of building materials stores and developer of the Nemacolin resort, has died. He was 100. A family statement provided by the company said the family had lost its “patriarch and all-around great man.” A profile posted on the company’s website said he passed away on…


Driver Found With Bomb-Making Materials at California Base

CORONADO, Calif.—The main entrance to North Island Naval Air Station near San Diego was closed Tuesday after a motorist was found with bomb-making materials, a military spokesman said. The vehicle approached the gate at about 9 a.m. and was stopped and searched at the request of Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials, Naval Base Coronado spokesman…


US Company Results in Industrial, Materials Sectors Could Shed Light on Inflation Woes

NEW YORK—Corporate results in the industrial and materials sectors could offer a snapshot of how companies in a key swath of the U.S. economy are dealing with surging inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and higher commodity prices. Companies in those sectors—which include logistics and transportation firms, major chemical makers and manufacturers, and suppliers for the aerospace,…


Ford to Suspend Production on Friday at Mexico Plant on Materials Shortage

MEXICO CITY—U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. will temporarily suspend production on Friday at its Hermosillo plant in Mexico’s Sonora state due to a shortage of materials, the plant’s labor union said on Thursday. Workers will be paid 75 percent of salaries on Friday, the union added. Ford had also suspended production from Oct. 11–12 at…


China’s Factory Inflation Hits 13-year High as Materials Costs Soar

BEIJING—China’s factory gate inflation hit a 13-year high in August driven by roaring raw materials prices despite Beijing’s attempts to cool them, putting more pressure on manufacturers in the world’s second-largest economy. The producer price index (PPI) rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday,…