XPO Logistics named a new finance chief as the company explores the potential sale or spinoff of business units. (WSJ)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Chief Financial Officer David Mee is retiring. (WSJ)
China’s consumer inflation rose to its highest level in more than eight years in January. (WSJ)
Australia’s currency fell to its weakest level in more than a decade on concerns about trade with China. (WSJ)
Chinese billionaire Li Shufu plans to fold Volvo Cars into Geely Automobile Holdings in his latest move to create China's first global auto maker. (WSJ)
Daimler says it expects to sell fewer cars this year after swinging to a surprise $12 million loss in the fourth quarter. (WSJ)
Schick razors owner Edgewell Personal Care abandoned plans to buy upstart rival direct-to-consumer upstart Harry’s. (WSJ)
Bankrupt fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 is moving forward with a sale to a group of buyers that includes its biggest landlords. (WSJ)
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group resumed some iPhone production in China. (Bloomberg)
FedEx and its pilots agreed to make flying into China voluntary. (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Global container shipping volumes rose 1% last year, the lowest expansion in 10 years. (Lloyd’s List)
Container line CMA CGM is testing the use of hydrogen as a potential energy source for shipping. (Seatrade Maritime)
Commodity trader Trafigura expanded its stake in crude tanker operator Frontline. (ShippingWatch)
Police arrested demonstrators trying to block access to Canada’s Port of Vancouver to protest construction of a gas pipeline in British Columbia. (CBC)
German investigators believe a container filled with coconut charcoal may have ignited a large fire on a Hapag-Lloyd container ship. (TradeWinds)
Preliminary Class 8 heavy-duty truck orders slipped 10% from December to January. (Logistics Management)
China’s debt-laden HNA Group is resuming efforts to sell airport ground services company Swissport to raise cash. (Reuters)
Some Virginia residents are fighting plans for a 1 million-square-foot Wegmans distribution center outside Richmond. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Competition among Amazon Flex package delivery drivers is so strong that many use “bots” and other automation tools to claim jobs. (CNBC)
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