I captured this from a screen shot today on Bloomberg News. Production is moving closer to home. Why? The price of oil has been on.... I captured this from a screen shot today on Bloomberg News. Production is moving closer to home. Why? The price of oil has been on the increase. When the cost of transportation (both in the materials and the final product) makes up a larger percentage of the total cost of a product, it makes sense to make it closer to markets. It could also weigh on internet retailers like Amazon, which recently reported a decline in profits.

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