Growth in job posts in the U.S. slowed in December. (WSJ)
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative says trade policy in the administration will focus on helping American workers. (WSJ)
Ride-sharing giants Lyft and Uber Technologies are lobbying the incoming Biden administration for a role in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. (WSJ)
The Environmental Protection Agency is creating higher barriers for regulating the emissions that contribute to climate change. (WSJ)
Same-store sales at grocer Albertsons rose 12.3% from a year ago in the quarter ending Dec. 5. (WSJ)
Foxconn Technology and Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding are teaming up to offer contract manufacturing for automakers. (Reuters)
Sales of electric cars in Germany tripled last year. (Automotive News)
Top Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies plans to double its output this year. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Deutsche Post raised its 2022 fiscal year outlook after fourth-quarter earnings in its Express unit rose 70% on a 20% gain in volume. (Financial Times)
Cushman & Wakefield says U.S. industrial real-estate vacancies edged up to 5.2% in the fourth quarter from 4.9% the year before. (Supply Chain Dive)
An investment bank forecasts tanker earnings on the spot market will fall to about half of break-even levels on falling crude demand. (Lloyd’s List)
Some European freight forwarders are starting to charter full cargo vessels to get around bottlenecks in Asia. (The Loadstar)
Wholesaler United Natural Foods aims to slash food waste in its operations by 50% by 2025. (Grocery Dive)
Atlas Air Worldwide is buying four Boeing 747-8 freighters in an order that will end the production line for the iconic aircraft. (Air Cargo News)
XPO Logistics tapped Malcolm Wilson, the head of its European arm, as chief executive of the logistics segment it plans to spin off. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Walmart is testing a temperature-controlled "smart box" to be placed outside homes for secure grocery delivery (MarketWatch)
Meal-kit provider HelloFresh opened its third distribution center in New Jersey. (Progressive Grocer)
Tire maker Bridgestone opened a distribution center in Ontario to serve eastern Canada. (Automotive Logistics)
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