The U.K. economy grew 1.4% in 2019 despite registering no growth in the fourth quarter. (WSJ)
Boeing booked no new jet orders in January and delivered just 13 planes. (WSJ)
Canadian National Railway says it will shut down large parts of its network unless protesters thwarting rail traffic along two key corridors are removed. (WSJ)
U.S. companies are paying more for insurance, a reversal after years of flat or declining rates for property and liability policies. (WSJ)
Shares in lithium producers are rising on investor bets that demand for the electric-car battery component will outpace a supply glut. (WSJ)
Sports apparel maker Under Armour swung to a $15.3 million fourth-quarter loss and expects an accelerating decline in North American sales this year. (WSJ)
The European Parliament approved a free trade agreement with Vietnam. (Bloomberg)
The coronavirus outbreak in China has slashed flights to the rest of the world by about 67%. (Nikkei Asian Review)
A fire at a denim factory in India owned by a contractor that supplies several big apparel brands killed seven workers. (Sourcing Journal)
Softbank-backed e-commerce startup Brandless is shutting down. (Axios)
The joint Swedish-Danish post office stopped taking packages for China because of limited airfreight capacity. (Reuters)
A.P. Moller-Maersk named Patrick Jany, the chief financial officer at Swiss chemicals company Clariant, as its new finance chief. (Seatrade Maritime)
Container ship charter company Danaos's fourth-quarter net profit rose 3.8% to $38 million despite declining revenue. (Lloyd’s List)
British online grocer Ocado quadrupled its annual loss to $278 million. (Times of London)
A downturn in freight demand is spurring more mergers and acquisitions in trucking. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Fourth-quarter profit at XPO Logistics rose 17.6% to $107 million despite slipping revenue. (Logistics Management)
Rand Logistics is buying Great Lakes dry bulk ship operator American Steamship Co. from GATX. (Ship Technology)
Germany’s Rhenus Group acquired Spanish aeronautics logistics provider LTK. (Logistics Manager)
National Hockey League teams face a shortage of hockey sticks because most are made at locked-down Chinese factories. (WSJ)
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