Durable-goods orders in the U.S. rose 0.4% in August, and a closely watched proxy for business investment also rose 1.8%. (WSJ)
This year, Amazon’s annual Prime Day shopping extravaganza could help the company shatter its fourth-quarter earnings record. (WSJ)
ArcelorMittal SA has agreed to sell its U.S. business to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. for around $1.4 billion, as the steel maker grapples with the fallout from the pandemic. (WSJ)
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd is looking to order up to a dozen ultra-large container ships worth more than $1 billion. (Dow Jones Newswires)
The U.S. is preparing new limits on purchases of some technology from China’s largest chip maker, Semiconductor Manufacturing International. (WSJ)
Clorox halted production of some specialty cleaners to simplify manufacturing of high-demand staples during the pandemic. (WSJ)
A lawsuit accuses Boeing’s board of lax oversight of the manufacturer’s responses to two fatal 737 MAX crashes. (WSJ)
Uber Technologies won an appeal over the revocation of its operating license in London. (WSJ)
The European Union appealed a court ruling siding with Apple, potentially extending the battle over the company’s $15.2 billion tax bill for years. (WSJ)
Drug maker Mallinckrodt is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks amid lawsuits over its alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis. (WSJ)
British grocery chains are reviving purchasing limits on household staples to discourage stockpiling as coronavirus cases in the country grow. (Financial Times)
Singapore's manufacturing output surged 13.7% in August, including a 56.9% gain in semiconductor production. (Straits Times)
Target will hire more seasonal and full-time warehouse workers for the holidays but keep overall hiring comparable to last year. (Retail Dive)
DP World and Australia’s dockworkers’ union reached a tentative agreement to end a dispute that has disrupted operations at Port Botany. (Seatrade Maritime)
Tanker freight futures point to an upturn in earnings for very large crude carriers in the fourth quarter. (Lloyd’s List)
Maersk Line says that India’s overall container trade declined 30% in the June quarter. (Financial Express)
California expects to open a larger bridge connected to the Port of Long Beach on Oct. 5. (Port Technology)
Ontario, Calif., officials agreed to return half the sales tax Nike pays for online orders from a new distribution center as an incentive for adding the warehouse. (Inland Daily Bulletin)
Local authorities in the U.K. approved plans for a 2 million-square-foot logistics center in the West Midlands. (Logistics Manager)
U.K. trucker Cartwright Group went into administration and sold its assets to fleet management firm Zenith. (Motor Transport)
Sweden-based electric truck startup Volta Trucks named former Agility Logistics chief executive Essa Al-Saleh chairman of the board. (The Loadstar)
Freight-forwarder operations software provider Magaya acquired rate management technology supplier Catapult. (Journal of Commerce)
German warehouse robotics startup Magazino raised $24.5 million in a funding round from investors including forklift vendor Jungheinrich. (DC Velocity)
Perishable food supply-chain startup Silo raised $9 million in a Series A funding round. (Crunchbase)
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