Orders for manufactured goods in the U.S. rose 0.3% in September. (WSJ)
New U.S. jobless claims held nearly steady at a low level last week. (WSJ)
“Extraordinarily low” diesel fuel supplies are keeping prices high this fall. (MarketWatch)
Amazon is pausing hiring across its corporate workforce. (WSJ)
Commodities giant Glencore was ordered to pay the equivalent of $320 million to settle wide-ranging charges of corruption in West Africa. (WSJ)
Canada ordered three Chinese companies to divest their shares from domestic companies involved in extracting critical minerals. (WSJ)
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund and Foxconn Technology started a joint venture aimed at building electric vehicles in the country. (WSJ)
Lego broke ground on a factory in Vietnam it says will be carbon neutral. (Nikkei Asia)
Sustainable scrap metal company Highbar will build the first of two planned rebar steel mini mills in northeast Arkansas. (TB&P)
ABF Freight owner ArcBest says tonnage started falling in October after rising 4.4% in the third quarter. (FleetOwner)
Trucker Yellow’s third-quarter profit fell to $4.8 million from $8.3 million last year despite an uptick in revenue. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Echo Global Logistics acquired fellow Chicago-area based freight broker Fastmore Logistics. (Journal of Commerce)
Euronav pushed its planned merger with rival tanker operator Frontline into next year. (Splash 247)
Teekay Tankers swung to a $68.1 million net profit in the third quarter. (Lloyd’s List)
Royal Mail postal workers in the U.K. plan two 48-hour strikes around Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (BBC)
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