A gauge of activity in China's manufacturing sector slipped in November, signaling weakness in the broader economy. (WSJ)
Banks lowered their 2019 oil-price forecasts amid signs of rising global supply. (WSJ)
U.S. consumer spending rose 0.6% in October, the largest gain in seven months. (WSJ)
U.S. core inflation ticked downward in October. (WSJ)
The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 last week. (WSJ)
The Bank of Mexico lowered its economic growth estimates for this year and next. (WSJ)
The U.S. and China are exploring a trade deal in which Washington would hold off on further tariffs through the spring. (WSJ)
U.S. metals tariffs have pushed countries to send more of their products to Europe, lowering steel prices in the EU. (WSJ)
Business confidence across the eurozone steadied in November. (WSJ)
Bayer AG is cutting 12,000 jobs and selling a handful of business units. (WSJ)
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. will close 40 of an estimated 60 stores it had planned to shutter in the coming months. (WSJ)
Retailer Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. ended talks with its lenders and bondholders with no deal. (WSJ)
Sales at Dollar Tree rose 4.2% to $5.54 billion in the most recent quarter. (WSJ)
General Motors Co. named Dan Ammann to run its autonomous-vehicle business. (WSJ)
Germany became the latest European country to investigate Amazon over antitrust concerns. (WSJ)
Indian conglomerate Adani Group is scaling back plans to build one of the world's biggest coal mines. (WSJ)
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. will shift its entire information-technology infrastructure to Amazon Web Services. (WSJ)
U.S. tariffs on goods from China have triggered a massive shift in Southeast Asian supply chains. (Reuters)
Sharp Corp. will manufacture personal computers at a new plant in China close to a Foxconn Technology factory. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Russia’s finished-vehicle imports rose 15.8% in the first 11 months of the year. (Automotive Logistics)
A regulatory body that monitors factory conditions in Bangladesh is set to shutter this week. (Sourcing Journal)
Hong Kong-based e-commerce shipping startup Easyship raised $4 million in a new funding round. (TechCrunch)
Warren Buffet's Pilot Flying J bought a controlling stake in shale services company Equipment Transport LLC. (Bloomberg)
DHL Supply Chain bought a 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Tampa, Fla., that will house an IKEA fulfillment center. (Business Journals)
U.S. container shipping line Crowley is merging its liner and logistics divisions. (The Loadstar)
Greece’s Laskaridis shipping family may enter the mainstream tanker market after boosting its dry bulk and refrigerated business. (Lloyd’s List)
A group of port truck drivers sued California Cartage Express over minimum wage violations. (The Daily Breeze)
Sixteen Atlanta U.S. Postal Service workers accepted bribes to deliver cocaine for drug traffickers. (New York Post)
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