Digital freight-booking startup Convoy raised $185 million in a funding round led by an investment arm of Google parent Alphabet Inc. (WSJ)
Export orders in the eurozone failed to grow for the first time since June 2013. (WSJ)
The number of Americans filing new unemployment benefits applications fell to a fresh 49-year low. (WSJ)
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes held steady in August after a stretch of weakness in the housing market. (WSJ)
The Turkish government slashed projections for growth in the country’s troubled economy over the next several years. (WSJ)
Amazon.com Inc. is teaming up with a local private-equity firm in India that is acquiring one of the country’s largest retail chains, Aditya Birla Retail. (WSJ)
Under Armour Inc. is cutting about 400 jobs globally, or about 3% of the sports apparel company’s workforce. (WSJ)
Minneapolis prosecutors are expected to review rape allegations against JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong. (WSJ)
Recreational-vehicle maker Thor Industries Inc. is cutting production and wholesale shipments amid declining sales. (WSJ)
A woman described as a temporary worker shot and killed three people at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Md., before killing herself. (Baltimore Sun)
Listed shipping companies increasingly are turning to Norway’s bond market as new U.S. equity offerings stumble. (Lloyd’s List)
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. filed for a $450 million rights offering to help clear debt the trucker says is impeding operational improvement. (American Shipper)
Japanese trucker Fukuyama Transporting is halting Sunday deliveries because of difficulty finding drivers. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Quarterly revenue at automated grocery distribution specialist Ocado Group PLC rose 11.5% to $463 million. (Logistics Manager)
Gwinnett County, Ga., officials approved a proposed 2.5 million-square-foot distribution center dubbed “Project Rocket” for an unnamed tenant. (Business Journals)
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