U.S. employers added 1.4 million jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. (WSJ)
China’s export growth accelerated last month as outbound shipments rose 9.5%. (WSJ)
The euro has climbed 5.6% against the dollar this year and is near all-time high on a trade-weighted basis. (WSJ)
The Trump administration is weighing export restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International, China’s most advanced chip maker. (WSJ)
Aviation safety regulators are reviewing quality-control lapses in Boeing’s jetliner production potentially stretching back almost a decade. (WSJ)
Amazon is barring foreign sales of seeds into the U.S. after thousands of suspicious packets arrived at American households from China this summer. (WSJ)
European banks have grown wary of financing commodity traders, raising borrowing costs in the market for raw materials. (WSJ)
President Trump says he supports an investigation into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s political fundraising while at New Breed Logistics. (WSJ)
Venezuela shut down its last working oil drilling rig. (WSJ)
Bangladesh’s textile exports soared nearly 50% in August as factories rushed to meet orders from global retailers. (Jakarta Post)
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many small businesses to finally open online stores—and turned e-commerce software provider Shopify into one of the biggest winners of the retail shakeout. (WSJ)
FedEx plans to add 70,000 temporary workers to handle an “unprecedented peak holiday shipping season.” (Forbes)
Walmart is toughening its supplier delivery requirements ahead of the holiday season. (Journal of Commerce)
Amazon will open a grocery store in leftover space at a downsized Kohl’s department store in Milwaukee. (Progressive Grocer)
Australian online payments company Afterpay is expanding into more countries after doubling its customer base over the past year. (Financial Times)
North American digital sales at Ralph Lauren have grown only 3% since the first quarter. (Retail Dive)
Russia’s Sovcomflot and Novatek ordered 10 icebreaking liquefied natural gas carriers to export cargoes from an Arctic facility. (Lloyd’s List)
CMA CGM’s operating profit rose 26% in the first half of the year over last year. (ShippingWatch)
Volkswagen’s heavy-truck business plans to make a fresh push to acquire truck maker Navistar International. (Bloomberg)
Amazon Air is expanding operations with its first owned Boeing 767-300 freighter. (Air Cargo News)
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