The U.S. added 28 Chinese entities to an export blacklist, citing their role in Beijing’s repression of Muslim minorities. (WSJ)
The union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines Co. sued Boeing Co., alleging the plane maker misrepresented its 737 MAX jet as safe. (WSJ
Analysts said Samsung Electronics Co.’s preliminary third-quarter results suggest the tech downturn may ha)ve bottomed out. (WSJ)
General Electric Co. is freezing its pension plan for about 20,000 U.S. workers and offering pension buyouts to 100,000 former employees. (WSJ)
Officials in Erie, Pa., are pouring $150 million into an effort to rebuild the fading Rust Belt town that has been struggling as factory work has declined. (WSJ)
Consumer goods giant Unilever PLC plans to cut its use of new plastic in products in half over the next five years. (BBC)
Best Buy Co. opened an outlet store in Houston selling returned merchandise. (Houston Chronicle)
U.S. importers are stockpiling Parmigiano Reggiano and other Italian cheese varieties ahead of threatened new tariffs. (Reuters)
A U.K. government report says a no-deal Brexit would add $18.5 billion in annual supply chain costs. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
Volvo Cars and Chinese parent Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. will combine their engine segments into a standalone company to focus on developing electric vehicles. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA will use electric trucks built by BYD at its distribution centers in Southern California. (Fleet Owner)
Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd. cut its 2019 growth forecast for global container shipping for the second time this year, this time to 2.6%. (The Loadstar)
A.P. Moller Holding A/S Chief Executive Robert Maersk Uggla is creating a maritime investment fund with three Danish pension investors. (TradeWinds)
The chairman of recently merged DSV Panalpina says he will seek road freight acquisitions once the integration of the businesses is completed. (Logistics Manager)
U.S. regulators are refining their method for measuring railroads’ cost of capital. (Logistics Management)
The chairman of recently merged DSV Panalpina plans new acquisitions in the road freight sector once the integration of the businesses is completed. (Logistics Manager)
Xeneta AS is striking deals to embed its rate benchmarking technology into other freight forwarding software. (Journal of Commerce)
Canada-based Manitoulin Global Forwarding acquired Miami-based Demark Global Logistics. (Canadian Shipper)
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