Utilities are competing with green-minded oil and gas majors for renewable energy assets. (WSJ)
The Senate confirmed Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as Commerce Secretary. (WSJ)
At least 13 people died when an SUV crashed into a semi truck in Southern California near the Mexico border. (WSJ)
Rio Tinto said its chairman would step down because of its destruction of two ancient rock shelters in Australia last year. (WSJ)
Fitch Ratings downgraded China Fortune Land Development after the Chinese industrial real-estate developer defaulted on a $530 million note. (WSJ)
Kohl’s is opening a sixth e-commerce fulfillment center, part of $500 million in planned capital spending as the retailer overhauls its business. (WSJ)
Stationery retailer Paper Source filed for bankruptcy, with plans to close some stores and sell itself to an Apollo Global Management affiliate. (WSJ)
Instacart raised $265 million in funding that values the grocery delivery company at $39 billion. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Fourth-quarter sales at meal-kit company HelloFresh jumped 126% to $1.33 billion. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Private-equity firms are benefiting from $5.5 billion in deals this year targeting Chinese logistics firms. (Bloomberg)
U.K. online apparel retailer Boohoo is facing a possible investigation over the alleged use of forced labor by its suppliers. (Financial Times)
Ocean Network Express Chief Executive Jeremy Nixon says container lines are running out of ships in Asia because of delays at congested U.S. West Coast ports. (Seatrade Maritime News)
Vessel owner Seaspan has bought 19 container ships over the past three months. (TradeWinds)
South Korea’s HMM is buying three very large crude carriers from Hyundai Heavy Industries. (Splash 247)
Dry-bulk carrier Genco says resurgent demand for coal, grain and other commodities has cast “a perfect rainbow” over the sector. (Lloyd’s List)
Latam Cargo ordered four 767-300 freighter conversions from Boeing. (Air Cargo News)
Thai Airways is cutting its workforce by half and dropping 16 planes from its fleet. (Nikkei Asia Review)
The U.S. Postal Service is considering partnerships with private commercial carriers for last-mile delivery of parcel shipments abroad. (The Loadstar)
The Teamsters union is trying to organize Amazon workers at two Iowa distribution centers. (Des Moines Register)
BMW is using trucks fueled by liquefied natural gas to deliver engines to its Regensburg, Germany, assembly plant. (Automotive Logistics)
Payless is opening a store in North Miami, Fla., its first since filing for bankruptcy in 2019. (Adweek)
Uber spun off Postmates’s delivery robotics unit into a new company, Serve Robotics. (TechCrunch)
U.S. regulators made face masks mandatory on all freight and passenger-rail operations under federal jurisdiction. (Progressive Railroading)
California’s Riverside County is vaccinating farm workers at on-site clinics hosted by growers. (New York Times)
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