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    Red Land Cotton
    Anna Brakefield founded Red Land cotton with her father, Mark Yeager.
    April 9, 2025
    The father-and-daughter founders of Red Land Cotton took risks and overcame manufacturing challenges to send their linen business soaring.
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    aluminum automotive
    March 27, 2025
    Reliance on volatile electricity markets and expensive fossil fuels has left our domestic industry in a dire position.
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    Semiconductor wafers
    Feb. 18, 2025
    Given geopolitical tensions, the Taiwanese chipmaker should not have sole ownership of Intel's chipmaking business.
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    Three cargo ships nearing lock at the Panama Canal
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    Trump, in his inaugural address Monday, repeated his complaint that China was effectively "operating" the Panama Canal through its growing presence around the waterway.
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    Jan. 20, 2025
    Increased tariffs, emissions rollbacks and eliminating incentives will bring turmoil and instability.

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