The number of Americans applying for new unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in nearly five decades. (WSJ)
U.S. worker productivity rose this spring at the best quarterly pace in more than three years. (WSJ)
The eurozone’s economy slowed in the second quarter. (WSJ)
Prices for coffee futures have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade. (WSJ)
HNA Group Co. is in talks to sell technology distributor Ingram Micro Inc. and cargo handler Swissport International Ltd. (WSJ)
Employees at Amazon’s Whole Foods are trying to unionize workers across the chain’s 490 stores. (WSJ)
Switzerland’s Novartis aims to sell parts of its Sandoz generic-drugs business in the U.S. (WSJ)
Ford Motor Co. is recalling 2 million of its F-series pickup trucks. (WSJ)
Exxon Mobil Corp. is building a chemical plant and liquefied natural gas terminal in China’s Guangdong province. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Bankrupt Bon-Ton Stores Inc. will be acquired by a subsidiary of technology company CSC Generation Holdings. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Women’s apparel retailer Christopher & Banks said high store inventories weighed on margins. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Zara stores owner Inditex SA plans to make its apparel available to purchase online from anywhere in the world. (Bloomberg)
Australia canceled the license of a second sheep exporter. (The West Australian)
Volkswagen AG opened an assembly plant in China’s port city of Tianjin. (Automotive Logistics)
Singapore-based warehouse robotics startup GreyOrange raised a $140 million in a new funding round. (TechCrunch)
Texas grocer H-E-B is developing digital-retail services to compete with Amazon. (Texas Monthly)
A study shows truck capacity in Europe is at historically low levels. (Lloyd’s Loading List)
The Global Port Tracker report revised its forecast container trade growth for North Europe ports this year down from 3.4% to 2.2%. (The Loadstar)
Ports in northern England expect an influx of freight as shippers seek alternatives to Dover after Brexit. (Financial Times)
Ship owner Navios Maritime Containers launched an initial public offering in New York with a target of raising $100 million. (Lloyd’s List)
Dockworkers at the APM Terminals site at Colombia’s Port of Buenaventura staged a strike to protest working conditions. (Shipping Watch)
Major ports around China’s Yangtze River Delta will tighten emissions rules on vessels beginning next month. (Reuters)
Japan’s Ocean Network Express will use low-sulfur fuel on its container ships to meet new emissions restrictions. (Splash 247)
Freight railroad CSX Corp. warned customers ahead of some route shutdowns this month. (Supply Chain Dive)
U.S. rail traffic rose 4.5% in August. (Progressive Railroading)
Molly Campbell is leaving her post as ports director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (American Shipper)
A wildfire shut down several miles of the Interstate-5 in California, destroying trucks and other vehicles. (Associated Press)
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