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Trade Wars
NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Manufacturing Profile
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published Internal Report (IR) 8183 Revision 2, the Cybersecurity Framework Version 2.0 Manufacturing Profile, and opened a public comment period through Nov. 17, 2025. The framework is organized around the functional areas of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, covering Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. These core functions serve as the foundation for prioritizing cybersecurity outcomes tailored to the manufacturing sector, enabling organizations to align their efforts with business needs, risk tolerance, and available resources.
The Manufacturing Profile provides a voluntary, risk-based approach for managing cybersecurity activities and reducing cyber risk to manufacturing systems. It is designed to enhance, but not replace, existing cybersecurity standards and industry guidelines. It provides a structured method for identifying opportunities to improve a manufacturing system’s cybersecurity posture. It also allows organizations to evaluate their ability to operate within acceptable risk levels and establishes a standardized approach to developing cybersecurity plans, ensuring ongoing assurance of system security.
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GM Q3 Sales Rise 8% On Growth In Both Gas And Electric Vehicles
General Motors said third quarter U.S. vehicle sales were up 8% from the like year-earlier quarter, on continued strength in both electric and gas-powered vehicles. GM set another EV sales record in Q3, with 66,501 deliveries. Industry-wide EV sales continued to surge as customers sought to take advantage of the $7,500 federal tax credit. GM’s year to date total EV sales in the U.S. year to date now stand at 144,668, up 105% from a year earlier.
GM leads the industry again in overall sales and continues to grow in gas-powered vehicles. GM’s crossovers and SUVs reached a new record in Q3. GMC Terrain, Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Traverse, and Buick Envista all had their best-ever third quarter sales. GM is on track to lead the full-size pickup market for the 6th straight year – and to top the full-size SUV market for the 51st consecutive year. Sales for the year’s first three quarters were up 10% to 2.2 million vehicles, the best pace in a decade.
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EVs, Big SUVs Drive Ford Q3 U.S. Sales Up 8.2%
Sales of electric vehicles and large SUVs drove Ford Motor’s third-quarter sales up by 8.2%, the Detroit automaker reported Wednesday. Ford said sales of all-electric vehicles increased by 30.2% during the period to a new quarterly record of more than 30,600 units. Its “electrified” vehicles, including EVs and hybrids, increased 20% compared with the same period a year earlier. EV sales during the third quarter are expected to be a record, as buyers pulled ahead plans to purchase a new zero-emissions vehicle ahead federal EV incentives of up to $7,500 ending in September.
Sales of Ford’s SUVs increased nearly 10% during the quarter, including massive gains for its larger SUVs as well as the Mustang Mach E EV, which was up 51% from a year earlier. Ford CEO Jim Farley on Tuesday said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if sales of EVs fell from an industry market share of around 10% to 12% this month — which is expected to be a record — to 5% after the incentive program ends.
Read more at CNBC
Walmart Ditches Dyes, Other Artificial Ingredients in Its Food Brands
Walmart is taking the biggest step yet to overhaul ingredients used in America’s food supply. The country’s largest grocer said Wednesday that it was working to remove synthetic dyes from all its store-brand foods, including Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and Bettergoods. Walmart also plans to eliminate 30 other ingredients, ranging from certain artificial sweeteners to preservatives. U.S. consumers have shifted more of their food spending to store brands in recent years as they try to save money. Retailers are boosting investment in their in-house brands, with Walmart last year launching Bettergoods, a food line with trendy flavors and more natural ingredients.
Many big food companies are working to shift away from artificial ingredients in packaged goods, as the Trump administration and its “Make America Healthy Again” movement take aim at processed food. Walmart’s heft makes its plans likely to trigger further changes throughout the nation’s food-supply chain, from ingredient suppliers to other food makers and retailers. Great Value alone is one of the largest consumer brands in the country, with billions of dollars in sales each year.
Read more at the WSJ
Amazon Launches ‘Price-Conscious’ Grocery Brand with Most Products Under $5
Amazon on Wednesday expanded its private-label grocery lineup with the launch of a new brand aimed at “price-conscious” shoppers, with most products priced under $5. The brand is called Amazon Grocery and includes more than 1,000 items, ranging from dairy, fresh produce, meat and seafood to snacks and baking essentials, the company said in a release. Amazon said the new offering unites its Happy Belly and Amazon Fresh brands under one label.
The move comes as Amazon’s grocery business has been in flux. The company has continued to streamline its chain of Go cashierless convenience stores and Fresh supermarkets, announcing last week that it will close all of its locations in the U.K. At the same time, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and other company executives have touted the success of sales of “everyday essentials” within its online grocery business, which refers to items such as canned goods, paper towels, dish soap and snacks.
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Gartner Study: Supply Chain Cybersecurity Grows Even More Challenging
As organizations increasingly recognize the importance of safeguarding supply chain operations, expectations for cybersecurity solutions have surged. However, several obstacles make effective cybersecurity protection challenging, including:
- A lack of clarity around ownership and budget for identifying and managing cybersecurity risks.
- The breadth of supply chain IT and cyber-physical systems that require protection.
- The large number of multitier partners complicates visibility into and management of third-party cyber risk.
- GenAI use among trading partners increases the risk of data breaches and intellectual property leakage.
- Solutions force organizations to assemble multiple toolsets rather than rely on a single solution.
- To manage third-party cyber risk, Mark Atwood, managing VP, research, with the Gartner supply chain practice emphasized the importance of CSCOs first collaborating with their organization's cybersecurity team. Together, both teams must define security specifications with high-value supply chain partners and then incorporate those specifications into contract requirements.
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Oil Extends Slide With Concerns Over OPEC+ Output and US Demand
Oil eased for a third day as traders weighed the prospect that OPEC+ may fast-track its output hikes along with building US stockpiles. West Texas Intermediate traded near $61 a barrel, after falling more than 5% in the previous two days. This weekend, the alliance is slated to discuss potentially lifting output in three monthly installments of 500,000 barrels a day to recoup market share, a delegate said, though OPEC said it doesn’t have plans to hike by that amount and talks haven’t started yet.
Adding to oversupply concerns, US oil reserves rose 1.8 million barrels last week, while inventories of gasoline and distillates also expanded, the Energy Information Administration reported. US gasoline consumption pulled back to a six-month low, leading futures to decline and raising concerns of near-term demand deterioration. Crude capped a back-to-back monthly drop in September, as an earlier round of OPEC+ supply hikes bolstered expectations that global output will run ahead of demand. While stockpiling by China — the world’s largest oil importer — has lent some support to prices in recent quarters, the International Energy Agency has predicted there’ll be a record surplus next year.
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Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91
Primatologist, conservationist, animal advocate, and educator Jane Goodall has died at age 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced on October 1, 2025 that Goodall passed away of natural causes. Her early fieldwork observing chimpanzees at Gombe Stream Game Reserve, in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), unveiled a rich catalog of shared behaviors—social as well as emotional—between humans and apes. She was “the woman who redefined man,” her biographer, Dale Peterson, wrote.
As an untrained young woman in the summer of 1960, she first ventured into the forests of what is now Gombe National Park near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania to study chimpanzees, equipped with little more than a notebook, a pair of binoculars and almost infinite patience. For five months, though, the wary creatures evaded her. In fact, no one had ever been able to study them at close hand. She established the Jane Goodall Institute in 1977 to continue her research. In 1991, she organized a youth service program called Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots that is active in more than 60 countries.
Read more at National Geographic
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