Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 1.9% in October. (WSJ)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cast doubt on whether Congress can pass the renegotiated North American trade agreement this year. (WSJ)
Business activity in some of the largest economies remains sluggish, amid signs that the slowdown in manufacturing is spreading to service sectors. (WSJ)
China raised its estimate for last year’s gross domestic product by 2.1%. but it won't have a notable impact on the growth rate for 2019. (WSJ)
Macy’s Inc. cut its forecast for the year as quarterly sales fell. (WSJ)
Bumble Bee Foods LLC filed for bankruptcy protection with an agreement to sell its assets to Taiwan’s FCF Fishery Co.
Star Bulk Carriers Corp.’s third-quarter voyage revenue rose 31.7% from a year earlier to $248.4 million. (WSJ)
Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks as the Canadian National Railway Co. strike extended a third day. (Reuters)
Singapore’s economy expanded 0.5% in the third quarter, accelerating from 0.2% growth in the earlier quarter. (Straits Times)
Panasonic Corp. will switch a Japanese factory from LCD production for medical equipment to car batteries, ending its work on display panels. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Private-equity firm Sun European Partners is looking to acquire U.K.-based multichannel retail specialist Clipper Logistics. (Logistics Manager)
Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen is stepping down as chairman of rig owner Seadrill. (Lloyds List)
Birgitte Vartdal resigned as chief executive of dry bulk ship operator Golden Ocean. (ShippingWatch)
Canadian Pacific Railway is buying the Central Maine & Quebec Railway from Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors. (Journal of Commerce)
Vertex Railcar Corp. faces an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition claiming the rail supplier owes more than $45 million, mainly to one of its owners. (WilmingtonBiz)
A data security report said the transportation, storage and delivery sector was among the top targets of cyberattacks in the third quarter. (DC Velocity)
Truckers Prime Inc. and Landstar System Inc. told California owner-operators the carriers can’t contract freight to them unless they move out of state. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to appoint a “trucking czar” to help ease the transition to self-driving trucking. (Heavy Duty Trucking)
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