U.S. oil prices declind at the steepest pace in over three years. (WSJ)
Germany’s economy shrank for the first time in 3½ years, falling 0.8% in the third quarter. (WSJ)
Japan's economy contracted 1.2% during the three months through September. (WSJ)
Consumer spending in China grew at the slowest pace in five months in October. (WSJ)
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S swung to a $347 million net profit in the third quarter as a 31% gain in revenue offset a sharp increase in bunker costs. (WSJ)
Amazon.com Inc. will create an operations center in Nashville with more than 5,000 jobs, in addition to its new headquarters sites planned for New York and Virginia. (WSJ)
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will take a draft Brexit agreement with the European Union to her cabinet. (WSJ)
A survey by a small-business group showed business owners’ confidence in the economy remains high. (WSJ)
The chief executive of Walmart Inc.-owned Indian e-commerce business Flipkart Group resigned following an investigation into a personal misconduct allegation. (WSJ)
Blue Apron Holdings Inc. will lay off another 4% of its workers as the meal-kit company struggles to turn a profit. (WSJ)
Home Depot Inc.’s third-quarter earnings rose 32% to $2.87 billion on strong demand in the home-improvement business. (WSJ)
Johnson Controls International PLC will sell its automotive battery business to Brookfield Business Partners LP and its partners for $13.2 billion in cash. (WSJ)
Tariff-related benefits have flowed to the bottom lines of several steel companies while generating slim job growth, according to analysis and interviews with steel companies. (Reuters)
Vietnam became the seventh country to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. (Straits Times)
Amazon is looking for more Boeing Co. 767 freighters after the company took delivery of the 40th and final jet in orders for its contract operators. (Seattle Times)
Shipping industry officials are perplexed over the origin of contaminated bunker fuel that has disrupted operations for many vessels. (Lloyd’s List)
Exports through the Port of Oakland to China have declined 33% this year. (DC Velocity)
Ocean freight invoices for smaller shippers are inaccurate nearly a third of the time. (Journal of Commerce)
Ceva Logistics AG’s third-quarter net loss expanded to $198 million from $124 million a year ago. (The Loadstar)
Troubled commodities trader Noble Group narrowed its third-quarter net loss to $99 million from $1.2 billion a year ago. (Business Times)
Canada Post and union negotiators have made little progress toward resolving a labor dispute during talks through a special mediator. (Canada Post)
Italian police seized 270 kilograms of heroin they say arrived in a shipping container from Iran. (Insurance Marine News)
Ontario, Canada’s only outlet for legal recreational cannabis has eliminated its order backlog and is "back on track" with deliveries. (CTV)
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