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Baltic Dry Index Rebounds

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk freight index, which monitors rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, snapped a two-day losing streak on Thursday, rising about 0.5% to 2,791 points. The capesize index, which typically transports 150,000-ton cargoes including iron ore and coal, increased by 1.2% to 4,429 points; and the supramax index went up 0.2% ...

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World’s Tallest Empty Skyscraper Adds Record-Breaking Feature

The record-breaking tower in China is nearing completion, nearly 18 years after construction began.

  • Tianjin 117 Tower, also called Goldin Finance 117, set to become world's tallest empty skyscraper
  • Otis to supply 251 elevators and escalators, including two record-breaking SkyRise elevators
  • Elevators will have distinction of being world's longest elevator hoistways in a building

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