Authorities ordered widespread evacuations in the Carolinas and Virginia as they braced for life-threatening impacts from a strengthening Hurricane Florence. (WSJ)
China auto sales fell 3.8% in August, the second straight monthly decline. (WSJ)
Japanese chip maker Renesas Electronics Corp. will buy Integrated Device Technology Inc. for $6.7 billion. (WSJ)
Hudson’s Bay Co. agreed to sell and combine parts of its European retail business with Austria’s Signa Retail Holdings. (WSJ)
Office supplies firm Essendant Inc. ended an acquisition deal with another company and instead agreed to be bought by Staples Inc. (WSJ)
Walmart Inc. is expanding its private-truck fleet and stepping up driver recruiting to fill the new jobs. (Bloomberg)
Asia-based warehouse operator GLP is launching a $2 billion China logistics fund with Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC. (South China Morning Post)
A growing number of Japanese apparel companies are moving production from China to Southeast Asia in search of lower labor costs. (Nikkei Asian Review)
U.S. apparel imports from Vietnam rose 6.4% year-over-year in July. (Sourcing Journal)
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. will retrofit its entire 111-vessel fleet with scrubbers to meet new sulfur-emissions restrictions. (Lloyd’s List)
China will build a port on Nigeria’s Benin River, a gateway for agricultural products. (Container Management)
Union Pacific Corp. is buying 1,000 refrigerated boxcars. (Progressive Railroading)
Freight forwarders say trans-Pacific airfreight demand is booming in an apparent early start to the peak season. (The Loadstar)
Indian airline SpiceJet will start cargo services that will include its first freighter operation. (Economic Times)
Amazon.com Inc. won a patent for a system that would put workers in cages on top of mobile robots. (Boston Herald)
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