The U.S. is proposing a new round of high-level trade talks with China. (WSJ)
A gauge of U.S. business prices in August clocked the first monthly decline in about a year and a half. (WSJ)
U.S. household incomes rose 1.8% in 2017 and the poverty rate edged lower. (WSJ)
A spike in OPEC output pushed the total global oil supply to a record high. (WSJ)
Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO Inc.’s initial public offering raised $1 billion, less than it had hoped for. (WSJ)
Transportation stocks are hitting fresh highs, suggesting the broader market could soon follow suit. (WSJ)
The head of the Food and Drug Administration is considering pulling all flavored e-cigarettes from the U.S. market. (WSJ)
Chinese companies are worried the trade war with the U.S. could hurt their businesses. (CNBC)
FedEx Corp. is expanding its ground operations to year-round, six-day-a-week delivery. (Journal of Commerce)
Amazon.com Inc.’s two-year-old business-to-business digital commerce operation is on track to exceed $10 billion in sales over 12 months. (Seattle Times)
Macy’s will hire 23,000 seasonal workers for its online fulfillment centers this year, 5,500 more than last year. (Reuters)
Senate and House lawmakers reached an agreement on a water infrastructure bill authorizing federal spending on ports, harbors, and waterways. (The Hill)
Volkswagen AG will start using 3-D printing to mass produce some parts for auto manufacturing. (CNN)
Thyssenkrupp Materials Services is building a $70 million logistics center in the German town of Rotenburg. (Automotive Logistics)
Maersk Line will install “scrubbers” on some of its container ships to comply with global emissions rules. (Shipping Watch)
Ship operator Goodbulk sharply expanded its second-quarter profit to $3.6 million. (Lloyd’s List)
MOL Chemical Tankers and SEA-Invest will spend up to $465 million to build a chemical storage facility at Belgium’s Port of Antwerp. (Seatrade Maritime)
U.K. transport jobs firm Go Direct Recruitment is liquidating after an accounting error left it facing heavy debt. (Motor Transport)
The charitable arm of Hennes & Mauritz AB’s H&M retail chain opened a textile recycling facility in Hong Kong. (Edie)
Startup Ravelin raised over $10 million in Series B funding to back its development of machine learning to help e-commerce companies fight fraud. (TechCrunch)
A shuttered Sears distribution center in Belleville, Ontario, will become a cannabis production facility. (Quinte News)
Amazon plans to ship 7-foot Christmas trees this holiday season. (Associated Press)
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