China's exports surged 15.6% last month, defying expectations for a slowdown from the trade fight with the U.S. (WSJ)
Tesla Inc. named Robyn Denholm as chairman and said Elon Musk would remain chief executive. (WSJ)
Toshiba Corp. plans to liquidate its U.K. nuclear business and sell its U.S. natural-gas business, taking a combined loss of nearly $1 billion. (WSJ)
Qualcomm Inc. swung to a $493 million loss in its latest quarter amid falling semiconductor sales to Apple Inc. (WSJ)
Consumer-goods supplier Newell Brands Inc. is selling its Pure Fishing and Jostens businesses as it tries to generate cash for a turnaround effort. (WSJ)
BMW AG’s earnings from its core automotive business plunged 40% in the third quarter. (WSJ)
Adidas AG lowered its full-year sales forecast because of slower growth in Western Europe. (WSJ)
California voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal the state’s gas tax. (San Jose Mercury News)
Authorities placed part of Los Angeles County that includes Southern California’s ports under quarantine after detecting Mexican fruit flies. (Associated Press)
U.S. tractor company AGCO Corp. will shift production of a new line of tractors from China to Brazil to avoid U.S. tariffs. (Bloomberg)
Nissan Motor Corp. is building factories in Ghana and Algeria to tap rising demand for cars in Africa. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Netherlands-based Grocery group Ahold Delhaize will roll out small, automated warehouses to speed order picking and cut delivery times. (Reuters)
Amazon.com Inc. has started hiring seasonal drivers to speed up delivery during the holidays. (Fortune)
Container line Hapag-Lloyd AG boosted its net profit 35% to $14.3 million in the nine months ending in September. (Reuters)
Analysts fear and limited vessel capacity and soaring shipping rates may chill the growth of liquefied natural gas trade. (Financial Times)
Charter rates for LNG vessels jumped this week to $200,000 a day. (Splash 247)
Depressed Asia-Europe container volumes rebounded in September, expanding 6.6% over last year. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
Japan complained to the World Trade Organization about subsidies it says South Korea provides to its shipyards. (Lloyd’s List)
Taiwan’s Evergreen Marine will lease four large container ships under a deal with Ship Finance International. (Port Technology)
Vietnam’s government says high logistics costs are holding back the country’s trade growth. (New Nation News)
Global airfreight traffic rose 2% in September, behind a 3.2% gain in capacity. (Air Cargo News)
Third-quarter profit at forwarder Expeditors International of Washington Inc. rose 36% as yield gains offset meager airfreight volume growth. (The Loadstar)
Passengers on a flight from Sumatra refused to board unless a shipment of highly pungent durian fruit was removed from the cargo hold. (CNN)
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