Walmart is tightening up policies on its suppliers, dictating that late deliveries to warehouses will receive a fine, Fox Business reports. ......Read More

The demand for cobalt is surging due to the cellphone and electric vehicle industries, according to The Wall Street Journal. ......Read More

UPS plans to upgrade its delivery network, investing nearly $7 billion in automating facilities and adding jumbo jets, reports The Wall Street Journal.......Read More

Brexit negotiators have turned their attention to post-Brexit trade and customs, preparing to debate the possibility of a customs union, reports The Week.......Read More

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is investing in Indian logistics startup XpressBees to build an Amazon-like retail and logistics network in India.......Read More

Takata is recalling 3.3 million more faulty air bag inflators in Ford, General Motors, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Tesla, Toyota and other vehicles.......Read More

Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods Market is rolling out new regulations for its suppliers to help reduce costs and prices and consolidate operations. ......Read More

U.S. hospitals are facing a shortage of IV bags after Baxter International’s manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico were damaged by Hurricane Maria.......Read More

Ford recently told suppliers of plans to move production of midsize Mondeo and Fusion sedans out of Spain and Mexico, Reuters reports. The company plans to shift the production to China by 2020.......Read More

Amazon has patented a logistics system that delivers goods via subterranean tunnels, Newsweek reports. The patent was issued and published a few months ago but only recently discovered by tech blog Geek Wire.......Read More

UPS is buckling under the strain of holiday online orders, Bloomberg reports. The company delivered only 91.5 percent of its ground packages on time during the first week of December, according to parcel courier tracker ShipMatrix. This percentage was down from 94.4 percent the previous week.......Read More

Amid company turmoil, Airbus CEO Tom Enders announced that he wouldn’t extend his contract beyond April 2019, reports The Wall Street Journal. Second in command, Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Brégier, will leave the company in February.......Read More

EU and British negotiators have agreed on a price tag of 45-55 billion euros for the U.K. exiting the European Union, reports The Telegraph.......Read More

Cyber Monday 2017 was a record-breaking event, with a total of $6.59 billion digital transactions, reports CNBC. The sales total is up 16.8 percent from 2016, according to Abode Insights, making it the largest Cyber Monday in American history.......Read More

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., owner of such brands as Volvo, Lotus and Geely, has unveiled a new auto brand, Lynk & Co. The Wall Street Journal reports the offering is an effort to compete with foreign rivals.......Read More

A report from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows a massive global trade imbalance is causing nearly half of all dry-bulk ships to travel empty, reports Quartz. ......Read More

Emirates Airlines, the largest A380 super jet customer, is demanding Airbus continue production of the unprofitable plane for at least 10 to 15 years before Emirates will place another order, reports The Wall Street Journal. ......Read More

Many industries in American manufacturing have seen growth over the past 12 months, according to The Wall Street Journal. Nearly 156,000 manufacturing jobs have been added to the economy since November 2016, with some of the biggest gains found in the machinery, fruit and vegetable preservation, lighting, and hand tools industries. ......Read More

Tesla recently unveiled an all-electric semi truck, reports The Verge. Expected to be available in 2019, the Tesla Semi is designed to travel nearly 500 miles on a single charge. ......Read More

Amazon’s influence over its newest acquisition suggests that the grocery store could be changing its local-focused product strategy, reports AdWeek.......Read More