North Carolina's Wilmington and Morehead City ports remained closed and major roads across the Carolinas were closed as massive rainfall from Florence triggered widespread flooding. (WSJ)
Typhoon Mangkhut skidded into mainland China after claiming at least 59 lives in the Philippines and pummeling Hong Kong and Macau. (WSJ)
U.S. consumer sales rose 0.1% in August after a strong gain in July.(WSJ)
A measure of American consumer sentiment jumped this month to its second-highest level since 2004. (WSJ)
U.S. industrial output rose for the third month in a row in August on growth in mining and auto production. (WSJ)
Investment in factories, railways and other projects in China so far this year grew at its slackest pace in over 25 years. (WSJ)
Eurozone exports fell 0.8% in July. (WSJ)
United Parcel Service Inc.’s finance chief expects cost cuts will drive the bulk of earnings gains from a corporate transformation plan. (WSJ)
United Technologies Corp. expects to close the $23 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins Inc. this month. (WSJ)
The U.S. sanctioned a Thai aviation firm for providing sales and cargo services for Iran’s blacklisted Mahan Air. (WSJ)
Target Corp. plans to add 7.500 workers at distribution centers for this year’s holiday season and double the number of workers dedicated to handling in-store pickup and curbside service. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
IKEA Group says it will make all home deliveries in five major cities world-wide with electric vehicles or other zero-emission means by 2020. (Reuters)
Developer Scannell Properties plans a 2.6 million-square-foot fulfillment center outside Minneapolis for an unnamed customer. (Business Journals)
Loaded container imports at the Port of Oakland increased 9.2% in August. (San Jose Mercury-News)
Greece-based Navios Maritime Containers pulled a planned $121 million initial public offering on Nasdaq on weak investor interest. (Lloyd’s List)
Japan’s Yamato Holdings revised its second-quarter net profit sharply downward after its moving subsidiary was found to have overcharged corporate clients. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Several Oklahoma City supermarkets will use autonomous electric vans for grocery deliveries starting next year. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Luxembourg’s finance ministry and freighter operator Cargolux struck an agreement with the Bank of China for a $155 million credit line. (Air Cargo News)
British regulators fined trucker Tuffnells nearly $2 million for failing to meet minimum wage rules. (Motor Transport)
Phoenix-based GlobalTranz acquired freight broker AFN Logistics. (Journal of Commerce)
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