Economists said the risk of recession is growing amid a global slowdown. (WSJ)
Germany’s economy shrank in the second quarter. (WSJ)
U.S. import prices rose 0.2% in July. (WSJ)
Huawei Technologies Co. technicians helped African governments spy on political opponents. (WSJ)
Cisco Systems Inc. projected disappointing growth on declining demand and weakness in China. (WSJ)
General Electric Co. has reached a labor deal with its unionized U.S. workers. (Reuters)
Concern is rising in Germany about the economic impact of the industry’s move to electric vehicles from gasoline-powered cars. (WSJ)
Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to buy up to 10% of Indian merchant Future Retail Ltd. (Bloomberg)
Restaurateurs are opening delivery-only operations as consumers increasingly prefer to order in. (New York Times)
Net profit at logistics provider Agility rose 8.1% in the second quarter. (Air Cargo World)
A.P. Moeller-Maersk AS posted a higher-than-expected second-quarter net profit as the recovery of its main shipping business continued to gather steam (Dow Jones Newswires).
Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. trimmed its second-quarter operating losses to $93 million. (Lloyd’s List)
Evergreen Marine Corp. will spend $1.76 billion to add 11 supersize 23,000-TEU ships to its fleet. (Splash 247)
U.S. diesel prices dropped to the lowest level in six months. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
The Department of Justice has made an application in Gibraltar’s Supreme Court to stop the release of an Iranian tanker the British overseas territory impounded in early July. (WSJ)
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