The U.S. unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% as more Americans began looking for work. (WSJ)
U.S. imports jumped 3.3% in May, the fastest monthly growth in more than four years. (WSJ)
Growth in the U.S. services sector fell back in June to the lowest level in about two years. (WSJ)
Canada’s jobless rate edged up as employment fell by 2,200 jobs last month. (WSJ)
An 11% decline in copper prices since April signals continued investor concern for the global economy. (WSJ)
Iran is demanding the release of one of its tankers impounded with the help of British forces in Gibraltar. (WSJ)
Germany’s Robert Bosch GmbH is in talks to sell its packaging technology division in a deal that could value the business at up to $959.3 million. (WSJ)
Samsung Electronics Co. expects second-quarter profits to fall sharply on sluggish chip demand and trade tensions. (WSJ)
Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. sales slid 2.9% in the first six months of 2019. (WSJ)
Taco Bell restaurants are facing a shortage of tortillas. (WSJ)
Trucking company Prime Inc. filed a legal challenge to Amazon’s use of the word “prime” on its truck trailers. (FreightWaves)
Simmons Prepared Foods Inc. is opening a $300 million chicken processing plant in Arkansas's Benton County. (Northwest Arkansas Business Journal)
U.K. railway operator Network Rail is seeking a stake in financially failing British Steel to ensure supply of track. (The Guardian)
Dock workers at DP World’s Australian terminals are staging rolling strikes this week over automation, outsourcing and other issues. (Lloyd’s List)
Trading company Sumitomo and logistics operator Suzuyo are leading a Japanese consortium taking a 10% stake in Vietnamese port operator Gemadept. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd AG added $42-per-container war-risk surcharges for ships going through the Persian Gulf. (Splash 247)
China raised the security level for its ships at the Strait of Malacca. (Shipping Watch)
Hapag-Lloyd ordered 13,420 refrigerated ocean shipping containers. (Seatrade Maritime)
XPO Logistics Inc. will pay $16.5 million to settle a class-action case over alleged misclassification of nearly 850 drivers as independent contractors. (Supply Chain Dive)
U.S. regulators fined a Kentucky trucking company $200,000 for firing a driver who refused to drive in bad weather. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
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