Air Cargo Faces $22BN Revenue Hit When China Tariff Exemption Ends | ZeroHedge

By Eric Kulisch of FreightWaves

U.S. plans next month to cancel tariff-free access for low-value parcel shipments from China and Hong Kong, coupled with a new 145% tariff rate on Chinese imports, could bleed more than $22 billion in revenue from the air cargo sector over three years and put thousands of online sellers with direct-to-consumer fulfillment models out of business, according to an e-commerce and logistics consulting firm. 

Derek Lossing, the founder of Cirrus Global (more…)

Continue ReadingAir Cargo Faces $22BN Revenue Hit When China Tariff Exemption Ends | ZeroHedge

Mississippi Supreme Court Shuts Down Teen’s Bid For Masculine Name Amid Gender Transition | ZeroHedge

The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled this week that a 16-year-old biological female undergoing gender transition procedures cannot legally change her name to a more masculine one.

In an 8–1 decision issued April 17, the state’s highest court sided with a lower court judge who previously denied the teen's request, concluding that Mississippi law gives judges discretion over name changes for minors and that such changes must clearly serve the best interests of the (more…)

Continue ReadingMississippi Supreme Court Shuts Down Teen’s Bid For Masculine Name Amid Gender Transition | ZeroHedge

Do Elite Universities Really Wish To Fight The Federal Government? | ZeroHedge

Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,

Harvard has refused to accept the orders of a Trump administration commission concerning its chronic problems with anti-Semitism, campus violence, and racial tribalism, bias, and segregation.

Yet, unlike some conservative campuses that distrust an overbearing Washington, Harvard and most elite schools like it want it both ways. They do as they please on their own turf and yet still demand that the taxpayers send them (more…)

Continue ReadingDo Elite Universities Really Wish To Fight The Federal Government? | ZeroHedge