A measure of New York state manufacturing fell for the third straight month and the shipments index tumbled 19.9 points. (MarketWatch)
Results are expected today from a union election at an Amazon distribution center near Albany, N.Y. (WSJ)
XPO Logistics expects operating income of between $181 million to $185 million in the third quarter, sharply up from last year but down from $230 million in the second quarter. (WSJ)
A group owned by the founder of Continental Resources is buying the oil-and-gas supplier. (WSJ)
BP is buying U.S. biogas producer Archaea Energy for $3.3 billion. (WSJ)
Prosecutors dropped price-fixing charges against former employees of poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride. (WSJ)
South Africa’s state-owned logistics firm Transnet agreed to a wage deal that will end a two-week strike at the country’s freight operations. (Reuters)
Apple is suspending plans to use chips from China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies. (Nikkei Asia)
General Motors is investing up to $69 million in a Queensland Pacific Metals of Australia project aimed at securing nickel and cobalt supplies. (Detroit Free Press)
Rates for very large crude carriers are surging. (TradeWinds)
German trucking companies face a shortage of a liquid that keeps diesel trucks on the road. (Financial Times)
Alaska canceled this year’s snow crab season for the first time ever because the crustaceans’ population is plummeting. (CNN)
U.S. retailers expect this season’s Halloween spending to grow 5% over last year to $10.6 billion. (MarketWatch)
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