British and European negotiators have gotten closer to a deal on Brexit. (WSJ)
Alabama’s Port of Mobile and the Gulfport, Miss., port were closed as Hurricane Michael was set to reach the Gulf Coast today as a Category 4 storm. (WSJ)
German exports slipped for the second straight month in August. (WSJ)
Inflation in Mexico accelerated in September, led by higher energy costs. (WSJ)
Sears Holdings Corp. is preparing a bankruptcy filing that could come as soon as this week. (WSJ)
French oil giant Total SA has stopped buying Iranian crude ahead of next month’s U.S. deadline on trade restrictions. (WSJ)
Paint company PPG Industries Inc. says its costs are rising at the fastest pace in two years, with chemicals, energy and shipping costs all soaring. (WSJ)
Quarterly sales at home goods and beauty products supplier Helen of Troy Ltd. rose 14%. (WSJ)
Sales at Volkswagen AG’s namesake brand fell more than 18% last month. (WSJ)
Apple.told members of Congress its supply chain remains secure despite a report that its servers had been compromised by illicit hardware. (Bloomberg)
IHS Markit estimates China’s imports of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas fell by more than half in the first eight months of 2018. (Reuters)
Gap Inc. is increasingly using common fabric across multiple apparel styles and seasons to make greater use of scale in its supply chain. (Just-Style)
CSX Corp. is suing Norfolk Southern Corp., claiming its rival is blocking access to the Hampton Roads, Va., container port. (Virginian-Pilot)
Hapag-Lloyd AG ordered 8,000 refrigerated containers from a manufacturer owned by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S. (Shipping Watch)
Bulk ship owner Globus Maritime is undertaking a 1-for-10 reverse stock split to cure a breach of Nasdaq stock-price requirements. (Lloyd’s List)
Port of Baltimore dockworkers ratified the local six-year agreement tied to the International Longshoremen’s Association master contract. (Baltimore Sun)
Freight management software startup Shipwell raised $10 million in a new funding round. (TechCrunch)
A PwC study forecasts technology and process improvements will cut trucking costs nearly in half by 2030. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
A Gartner Inc. survey shows the share of women in leadership roles in supply chains remained largely unchanged from last year to this year. (Modern Materials Handling)
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