A federal judge temporarily barred California from enforcing the state’s new gig-economy law on trucking operations. (WSJ)
A survey shows that fear of a recession this year tops the list of concerns of U.S. chief executives. (WSJ)
Easing U.S.-China trade tensions lifted demand for Chinese goods and boosted factory production in December. (WSJ)
U.S. home prices increased at a slightly faster rate in October. (WSJ)
President Trump says he will sign the phase-one trade deal with China in Washington on Jan. 15 and later travel to Beijing to negotiate a broader pact. (WSJ)
Tesla Inc. says it has hit its early production target of 1,000 vehicles a week at its new China plant. (WSJ)
Boeing Co. is increasingly committed to transferring more control of aircraft to computers after crashes exposed flaws in 737 MAX automated systems that overwhelmed pilots. (WSJ)
Huawei Technologies Co.’s annual revenue rose $18% to a record $122 billion despite the Trump administration’s campaign to curtail its global business. (WSJ)
China is stepping up investment in rail lines to boost the country’s slowing economy. (WSJ)
South Korea's decline in exports moderated significantly in December on recovering demand from China. (Bloomberg)
Vietnam and neighboring countries are boosting their demand for low-grade coal for power generation. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Singapore’s economy grew 0.7% last year, down from 3.1% in 2018. (Straits Times)
San Bernardino International Airport managers approved a $200 million expansion of the Southern California airport’s cargo facilities. (Los Angeles Times)
South Korea’s shipbuilders closed out 2019 with a late flurry of orders worth a total of around $1 billion. (Lloyd’s List)
A pilot working at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell to his death while boarding a cargo ship. (Newark Star-Ledger)
New Jersey-based trucker and logistics operator NFI Industries acquired Columbia, S.C.-based G&P Trucking Co. Inc. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Logistics provider Agility invested an undisclosed sum in an Egyptian firm that helps companies build online stores. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
Police say surveillance footage shows an Amazon driver stole a package that had been delivered earlier by a United Parcel Service Inc. driver. (Associated Press)
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