U.S. imports rose 4.7% from May to June while exports grew 9.4%. (WSJ)
Miners including Anglo-American and Glencore don’t always count transportation deaths in their end-of-year tallies, keeping death tolls lower and sometimes allowing executives to get bigger bonuses for so-called zero-fatality years. (WSJ)
Electric-vehicle maker Nikola lost $86.6 million in the second quarter after suffering disruption in its supply chain from the pandemic. (MarketWatch)
Anthony Levandowski, who helped start the Otto self-driving trucking business at the center of a legal battle between Google and Uber Technologies, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets. (WSJ)
Online furniture seller Wayfair turned a quarterly profit for the first time since going public in 2014, on an 84% jump in sales. (WSJ)
CVS Health raised its outlook after reporting that store sales fell 4.5% in the second quarter. (WSJ)
U.S. sales at grocery chain owner Ahold Delhaize rose 21% last quarter. (WSJ)
Walmart is delaying the launch of its Walmart+ subscription service for a second time. (Vox)
Dollar General is building a 630,000-square-foot distribution center in Boone County, Ky. (Cincinnati Inquirer)
More U.S. farmers are filing for bankruptcy, as federal payments projected to reach record levels this year fall short of compensating for the coronavirus pandemic and a yearslong slump in the agricultural economy. (WSJ)
E-commerce distribution specialist PFSweb is adding a distribution center near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (Dallas Morning News)
Euronav swung to a record $259.6 million second-quarter profit but the tanker operator warned that floating storage demand had eased sooner than expected. (MarineLink)
U.S. rail regulators adopted streamlined rules for arguing in freight rate disputes whether railroads have market dominance. (Progressive Railroading)
U.S. shippers are increasingly accepting electronic documentation in trucking transactions. (Journal of Commerce)
Pretax profit at Deutsche Post DHL rose 18.6% to $1.1 billion on 4.6% organic revenue growth. (Post & Parcel)
Chinese parcel carrier SF Express moved into the U.K. with operations at an East Midlands warehouse. (Logistics Manager)
Private-equity group Greenlight Capital has taken a “new, large equity position” in freighter operator Atlas Air Worldwide. (The Loadstar)
A new study says disposable protective face masks could be turned into a biofuel. (Ship & Bunker)
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