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.
Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.
| 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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If supply chains can keep pace with demand, food manufacturers may be one of the few industries that could actually see some economic benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 11, 2020, President Trump banned travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. Travelers who are legally allowed to enter the U.S., such as U.S. citizens and their families, are now undergoing screening procedures to test for COVID-19 when they reenter the U.S. at one of 13 airports. Various news media report that thousands of these travelers are waiting together for several hours in close quarters for their checked bags and several additional hours to clear customs.
Rarely in life are we encouraged to be selfish – let alone told this selfish deed is actually an altruistic act. But now, with the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, we all have such an opportunity.
More Baltimore-area hospitals and medical and dental offices are postponing elective procedures after the nation’s top doctor asked facilities to consider halting such procedures as new coronavirus cases spread.
Socializing can help you live a longer, happier, healthier life. But in a viral outbreak, research shows that “social distancing” can benefit your own health and that of entire populations.
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