Paul Berger
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Logistics and supply chain reporter for @WSJ. You can reach me at [email protected].
New Jersey, USA
Joined March 2008
The wide array of heartfelt tweets about #RobBurrow from across the sporting spectrum, as well as TV presenters, celebrities, politicians etc is unbelievable for a player of little old #rugbyleague. That’s what building a legacy from being a good person can do.
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#RIPRobBurrow - The most dynamic, exciting, humble #rugbyleague player I’ve ever had the privilege of watching and meeting. I send my love to all his family. His legacy will live on forever. The world needs more Robs. #BeLikeRob
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Metallica, who blazed a trail for thrash metal with rugged guitar riffs and relentless drumbeats, is trying to do something similar for trucks powered by sustainable fuels
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Metallica, the band that blazed a trail for thrash metal with rugged guitar riffs and relentless drumbeats, is trying to do something similar for trucks powered by sustainable fuels.
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Yellow has rejected a bid to revive the bankrupt trucker as a going concern. https://t.co/S2tjBMwdSY
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A notice from the trucker’s lawyers says the bankrupt business is moving forward with the sale of properties and liquidation of equipment.
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About a dozen trucking companies bought properties at a bankruptcy court-supervised auction that unloaded 75% of Yellow’s properties for a total of just under $1.9 billion
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Yellow is set to raise more than $2 billion after a bankruptcy auction that will disperse much of its national network of truck terminals among rivals, casting deeper doubt on a long shot bid to...
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Nice scoop from @bylizyoung: Flexport in Talks to Buy Failed Freight Firm Convoy’s Technology
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The deal would move the digital-focused freight forwarder into the domestic trucking market.
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Six months ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan
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Bonkers Russian Army recruitment commercial, in which soldiers under fire in a trench discuss Ukrainian real estate investments. (One wants to buy an apartment in Kyiv’s tony Pechersk neighborhood once it is conquered, the other says he prefers Odesa because of the sea…)
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Bollocks! Everyone knows the North ends just south of Sheffield.
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Scientists use AI to tackle age-old question; mapping steak pies vs. avocado wraps
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This deal ends more than a year of uncertainty that triggered shifts in U.S. supply chains. https://t.co/v1kGQhByOS
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The agreement ends a period of uncertainty during drawn-out negotiations that triggered shifts in some U.S. supply chains.
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As the Ukrainians prepared to pull out, Reporter said he would stay to provide covering fire. Others encouraged him to leave, but he refused. “I came to fight,” he told them.
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After the failures of the initial armored assaults, which were blunted by Russian defenses, Kyiv resorted to small units attacking one position at a time.
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The Teamsters union is threatening strike action against troubled trucking giant Yellow after the company missed healthcare and pension payments. https://t.co/DhCLugt5cY
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The debt-laden carrier is seeking to defer contributions as it struggles with liquidity.
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It has been 15 weeks - that's exactly 105 days - since Evan was wrongfully detained in Russia, simply for doing his job. These are all the @WSJ front pages he's missed. We are keeping them for him and will not rest until he is free. It's about time. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
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Great piece on trucking.
Remember the trucker shortage during Covid? Thousands of workers responded and went into the trucking industry. But now they are struggling to make a living as demand slows https://t.co/MZeEx5JHLR
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100 days. "In the days since Evan was arrested we have been inspired by the support that you, our readers, have provided... Journalism is not a crime, and we will not rest until Evan is released." #IStandWithEvan
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A letter to readers from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker marking 100 days since Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia.
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The suppliers that Cuomo predicted would flock to a modern manufacturing hub never showed up. The only new nearby business is a Tim Horton’s coffee shop. https://t.co/E7qyGwcKY2
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New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn’t turned out as planned.
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.@NYCMayor tells the story of how he kept the photo of a fallen police officer in his wallet for decades but it turns out staff printed it out before a NYT photo shoot and even splashed coffee on it to make it look old https://t.co/58s3w1cQnr
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This is the veteran reporter Elena Milashina after a brutal assault in Chechnya. https://t.co/CaYErKOZSR via @meduzaproject
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