The Trump administration finalized plans to impose new tariffs on $16 billion in Chinese imports. (WSJ)
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk jolted markets with a surprise statement suggesting he is considering taking the electric-car maker private. (WSJ)
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to join a fundraising for a new Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unit that would combine food delivery and other local services. (WSJ)
Rising commodity prices helped push Swiss mining and trading giant Glencore PLC to record earnings in the first half of the year. (WSJ)
Newell Brands Inc. says a “huge inventory shift” at office-supply retailers cut into second-quarter sales at the retail goods supplier. (WSJ)
A dry-bulk vessel that left Washington state for Shanghai last week is carrying the first shipment of U.S. soybeans to China in three weeks. (Bloomberg)
Saudi Arabia has stopped buying wheat and barley from Canada amid an escalating diplomatic dispute between the countries. (The Globe and Mail)
U.S. lawmakers are moving toward a temporary ban on purchases of China-made rail cars and buses. (Railway Age)
Some tanker operators are making big profits transporting Iranian crude to Europe as many ship owners retreat from the market. (S&P Platts)
Recreational vehicle manufacturer Polaris Industries is building a distribution center in Nevada to serve the western U.S. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Iran Air took delivery of five ATR turboprop aircraft just before new U.S. sanctions took effect. (Reuters)
Germany’s Commerzbank has reduced its ship-finance holdings about 96%, to $1.2 billion. (Lloyd’s List)
Freighter operator Air Transport Services Group Inc. swung to a $24.6 million second-quarter profit. (Air Cargo News)
Second-quarter profit Expeditors International of Washington Inc. rose 29% to $140.6 million but operating margins contracted. (Transport Topics)
Sales at Industrial parts supplier Fastenal Co. rose 12% in July, the 14th straight month of double-digit growth. (Industrial Distribution)
Ryder System Inc. is contracting with Uber Technologies Inc. to transport its drivers, mechanics and customers. (DC Velocity)
Illinois-based liquid bulk trucker Heniff Transportation Systems acquired Miller Transporters and its related companies. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
A survey shows about one-quarter of U.S. warehouses now use voice-directed “picking” technology. (Global Trade)
The number of consumers buying goods through voice-activated digital assistants remains extremely small. (TechCrunch)
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