Inflation in the U.S. cooled slightly from July to August but consumer prices were still up 5.3% from a year ago. (WSJ)
Growth across a range of Chinese economic indicators pulled back sharply in August. (WSJ)
U.S. median household income fell 2.9% amid economic fallout from the pandemic last year. (WSJ)
The International Energy Agency says the impact of Hurricane Ida and other outages will take a sizable chunk out of global oil production this year. (WSJ)
Amazon plans to add 125,000 employees throughout its U.S. warehouse operations for the holidays. (WSJ)
Chevron is tripling spending in its new low-carbon unit to $10 billion through 2028. (WSJ)
The U.K. will delay imposing checks on European Union goods entering the country until mid-2022. (Financial Times)
United Parcel Service expects supply-chain problems to continue next year after a 2021 full of disruption. (Agence France-Presse)
Kellogg will spend about $45 million over the next three years to restructure its North American supply chain. (Supply Chain Dive)
Australia’s big mining companies are rushing to introduce emissions-free trucks as they shift their focus away from autonomous vehicles. (Nikkei Asia)
Taiwanese hardware maker and household goods retailer Test Rite joined the growing ranks of shippers chartering container ships. (The Loadstar)
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is shifting two vessels from Atlantic services to the overflowing trans-Pacific market. (Journal of Commerce)
Port Houston container terminals were expected to open today after shutting down Tuesday as Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC)
Knight-Swift Transportation is starting a truck-services operation. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Google will use project44 as a transportation visibility provider in the company’s new supply-chain twin service. (ZDNet)
Secondhand apparel merchant ThredUp plans to operate a 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center in the Dallas area. (Dallas Morning News)
Warehouse automation startup Ambi Robotics raised $26 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. (TechCrunch)
Locus Robotics added $50 million in backing from existing investor Tiger Global. (Modern Materials Handling)
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