President Trump plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25% from 10% on Friday. (WSJ)
American employers picked up the pace of hiring in April and the unemployment rate fell to a fresh half-century low. (WSJ)
Growth across U.S. service industries slowed in April. (WSJ)
The U.S. dollar is hovering near a two-year high. (WSJ)
Boeing Co. didn’t share information about a problem with a cockpit safety alert for about a year before the crash of a 737 MAX jet in Indonesia. (WSJ)
GT Advanced Technologies Inc. agreed to settle civil fraud claims that it misled investors about its problems making glass for iPhones. (WSJ)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s first-quarter operating profit fell 29% on declining local auto sales globally. (WSJ)
Consumer-goods supplier Newell Brands Inc. fell to a loss as quarterly core sales from continuing operations fell 2.4%. (WSJ)
Supply-chain cyberattacks through software distribution channels of at least six different companies over the past three years have been tied to a single group of hackers. (Wired)
Japan’s Daikin Industries will spend $900 million to add capacity in Asia and the U.S. for semiconductor-component production. (Nikkei Asian Review)
Canadian clothing manufacturer Gildam Activewear Inc. will build a production center in Bangladesh as part of a major capacity expansion. (Sourcing Journal)
Amazon.com Inc. is opening a delivery station in Colorado Springs, Colo. (The Gazette)
A court allowed a Williams-Sonoma suit claiming Amazon misled online shoppers into believing it is an authorized dealer in the company’s furniture to go forward. (Bloomberg)
Teamsters at trucker YRC Worldwide approved a five-year labor contract but a vote against a single supplemental agreement will delay implementation. (Journal of Commerce)
United Parcel Service Inc. is using Google Cloud Platform to design routing software and save $400 million in annual costs. (Supply Chain Dive)
Alabama-based flatbed trucker Williams Trucking abruptly shut down. (WDHN)
South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries swung to a $2.53 million first-quarter profit on a 7.4% gain in revenue. (Seatrade Maritime)
U.S. regulators approved two Gulf Coast terminals for liquefied natural gas exports. (Lloyd’s List)
Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund bought a 10% stake in Terminal Investment Ltd., the container terminal operator majority owned by Mediterranean Shipping Co. (Straits Times)
First-quarter profit at Dubai-based Aramex rose 4% to $28 million on a 4% gain in revenue. (Trade Arabia)
U.K. operator Kinaxia Logistics bought David Hathaway Transport. (Motor Transport)
Lawrence County, Tenn., officials are proposing highway “buggy” lanes for Amish horse-and-cart drivers. (WKRN)
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