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SAS Cargo To Offer Dynamic Booking With Freightos Platform

Tech companies Freightos and cargo.one are leading the push for fully digital air cargo marketplaces where freight forwarders can quickly compare live rates and capacity, and instantly book a shipment. More than 1,600 logistics companies and other users are on WebCargo, and they collectively are responsible for more than 30% of global air cargo by tonnage, according to Freightos' Nov. 26 announcement....

REFILE-France seeks own alternative to Palantir data firm in helping fight terrorism

France wants to develop a domestic alternative to U.S. data analytics company Palantir to help it prevent terrorist attacks but will meanwhile renew its contract with the firm, a senior French intelligence official said. Palo-Alto based Palantir, which specializes in crunching and analysing large quantities of data, was hired by French intelligence services in the wake of the November 2015 Islamist militant attacks that killed 130 people in Paris....

U.S. third-quarter GDP growth revised up to 2.1%

U.S. economic growth picked up slightly in the third quarter, rather than slowing as initially reported, amid a stronger pace of inventory accumulation and a less steep decline in business investment. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast third-quarter GDP growth would be unrevised at 1.9%. When measured from the income side, the economy grew at a 2.4% rate in the last quarter....