Supply Chains

A small wind turbine on a guyed pole stands among olive-green Army tents, with a ground-level solar panel, a power unit, orange traffic cones and a steel lattice tower under a blue sky.

The Pentagon Wants Its Major Bases Able to Run 90 Days on Their Own. Britain Is Asking Households to Manage for Three.

Internal Pentagon documents reviewed by Fox News Digital would require every major U.S. military installation to run essential operations on its own for at least 90 days, backed by reserves of munitions, fuel, minerals, spare parts and medical supplies. The plan, called FORTRESS, has no published cost or timeline. Nothing in the reporting mentions artificial intelligence or a specific nuclear threat.

By Alison Acosta October 28, 2026

The Shanghai skyline seen across the Huangpu River from the Bund, with the Oriental Pearl Tower on the left and the skyscrapers of Lujiazui to its right.

World

There Are 30% Fewer Japanese Companies in China Than in 2012. Those That Stay Still Make Things There, but Fewer Count on Selling There.

Teikoku Databank counted 10,118 Japanese companies with a presence in mainland China in June, down 22 per cent in two years and 30 per cent from the 2012 peak. A record 4,137 left or could no longer be traced. Among those that remain, China's standing as a production base has slipped only a little since 2019. Its standing as a market has collapsed.

By Alison Acosta October 5, 2026

A worker stands at the open back of a delivery truck stacked with boxes of produce in a narrow city alley between brick walls, while another man hoses down the pavement.

The Numbers

Half of America's Service Companies Paid More for Supplies Last Month. Fuel Came Up Twice as Often as Anything Else.

The Institute for Supply Management's services survey slipped to 54.9 in September, still comfortably in growth. Its prices index rose to 74, the highest since July 2022. Half of the purchasing managers surveyed paid more for what they buy; 2.2 per cent paid less. All 17 industries that reported a change in prices reported an increase.

By Cory Chamberlain October 5, 2026

Steel reinforcement being fixed before a concrete pour on a construction site.

World

Riyadh Bought Its Pipes at Home for Policy Reasons and Got Insurance Instead

The delivery company building Expo 2030 shifted to Saudi-made pipe, cable and concrete and avoided the shortages the war produced. Local content rules were written to build an industrial base. They turned out to be a supply chain hedge nobody had priced.

By Cory Chamberlain September 2, 2026

Leadership

Apple's New Chief Gets the Products. The Outgoing One Keeps the Governments

John Ternus took over Apple on Monday. Tim Cook moved to executive chairman and, by several accounts, kept the company's relationships with Washington and Beijing. The handover says less about two men than about a job that no longer fits inside one post.

By Alison Acosta September 1, 2026

Gantry cranes and container vessels at a commercial terminal at dusk.

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The Container Line and the Listening Post Turn Out to Be the Same Ship

US officials say COSCO vessels carry concealed signals-intelligence equipment. China calls the claim baseless. Either way, the problem the accusation creates is commercial: the fleet in question calls at the ports that everyone else's cargo moves through.

By Cory Chamberlain September 1, 2026

Supply Chains

Tagged stories

The Pentagon Wants Its Major Bases Able to Run 90 Days on Their Own. Britain Is Asking Households to Manage for Three.

There Are 30% Fewer Japanese Companies in China Than in 2012. Those That Stay Still Make Things There, but Fewer Count on Selling There.

Half of America's Service Companies Paid More for Supplies Last Month. Fuel Came Up Twice as Often as Anything Else.

Riyadh Bought Its Pipes at Home for Policy Reasons and Got Insurance Instead

Apple's New Chief Gets the Products. The Outgoing One Keeps the Governments

The Container Line and the Listening Post Turn Out to Be the Same Ship