U.S. oil prices fell below $50 a barrel for the first time in more than a year. (WSJ)
New analysis forecasts the U.K. economy would contract 10% in four years under a no-deal Brexit from the European Union. (WSJ)
A revised third-quarter report showed stronger U.S. business spending and inventory investment than earlier estimated. (WSJ)
New home sales fell 8.9% last month, the steepest decline since last December. (WSJ)
United Parcel Service Inc. delivered 98.3% of packages on time over Thanksgiving, its first test of the holiday season. (WSJ)
Sears Holdings Corp. is considering offers from liquidators that would close all its stores. (WSJ)
Miscalculations and internal strife helped bring the U.S. and China to the brink of a trade war. (WSJ)
Investigators are probing whether maintenance errors led to the fatal Lion Air jet crash. (WSJ)
New Zealand is blocking Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. from supplying a 5G mobile network. (WSJ)
Sales at Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. fell 3.9% last quarter on weakness in its hunting and electronics departments. (WSJ)
New cosmetics upstarts are using direct-to-consumer sales and social media to take market share from legacy brands. (WSJ)
Rising tariffs are pushing companies to accelerate a shift of manufacturing out of China. (South China Morning Post)
U.S. authorities fined two Greek shipping companies a total of $4 million for illegally discharging oil in waters near Texas ports. (Lloyd’s List)
Renault SA signed a deal for two wind-powered vessels to carry finished cars across the Atlantic. (The Loadstar)
Philadelphia is acquiring 15 acres near Philadelphia International Airport to develop a large airfreight complex. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Norfolk Southern Corp. appointed Marque Ledoux vice president of government affairs, succeeding Bruno Maestri. (Progressive Railroading)
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is integrating project44's logistics technology into its freight-matching platform. (Logistics Management)
Amazon.com’s demand for refrigerated warehouse space in the U.K. is driving up costs for British food companies. (The Guardian)
The closure of two Detroit-area GM plants could dampen the region’s surging industrial real-estate prices. (Crain's Detroit)
Danish freight forwarder DSV A/S is opening a 1.1 million-square-foot logistics complex in Ontario, Canada. (Air Cargo News)
A four-story warehouse is going up in the New York City borough of Queens. (The Real Deal)
Marijuana delivery service Eaze is closing $65 million in venture capital funding that would give it a valuation of more than $300 million. (Axios)
Drivers are leaving Uber Technologies Inc. and other gig-economy jobs for California marijuana businesses. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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