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China’s Cabinet Approves Merger Of The Country’s Two Largest Shipping Lines

The combined entity would become the world's fourth-largest container shipper, with a market share of roughly 8.1 percent.

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Uber Launches UberEATS Food Delivery App In Toronto Today

The in-app version is currently available in 12 cities, but Toronto’s new UberEATS app is different.

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Norfolk Southern Rejects Canadian Pacific’s Revised Bid

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The consideration offered in the revised proposal is less than the prior proposal, which the Norfolk Southern board unanimously determined was grossly inadequate.

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ABF Logistics Acquires Bear Transportation Services, L.P.

This acquisition is the second of the year for ABF Logistics after its purchase of Oklahoma City-based Smart Lines Transportation Group in January 2015.

ABF Logistics, an ArcBest company, has acquired Bear Transportation Services, L.P., a private, non-asset truckload brokerage firm headquartered in Plano, Texas, for cash of $26.0 million, subject to normal post-closing adjustments.

Starbucks Tests Home Delivery In Seattle With Postmates

Starbucks is collaborating with leading on-demand delivery service Postmates for a pilot program, where customers can have Starbucks food or beverages delivered to them within designated areas in Seattle.

Starbucks has partnered with Postmates to deliver food and beverages to customers in Seattle, Wash.

Target Extends Instacart Delivery Service To Chicago

Customers in Chicago can now order fresh food and grocery, health and beauty products, pet and household supplies, and baby items from Target and have them delivered straight to their doorstep in as little as one hour.

A Fearless Future: How to protect your supply chain

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FTC Approves FedEx/TNT Express Merger

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Global Food Logistics Market To Grow 8.74% Yearly Through 2019

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Dematic Corp. to Acquire WES Provider Reddwerks Corp.

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The acquisition, which is subject to approval by Reddwerks’ shareholders and other customary closing conditions, will enhance Dematic’s existing software suite and deliver additional value to Dematic customer solutions.

Dematic Corp., a global supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain, has agreed to acquire Reddwerks Corp., provider of warehouse execution software (WES) that gives customers real-time decision engines to optimize material and information flow in the supply chain.

Transportation Insight Acquires Parcel Logistics Provider BirdDog Solutions

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The transaction advances Transportation Insight’s small package offering to a more robust suite of services that includes parcel logistics optimization, parcel auditing and advanced parcel analytics.

Transportation Insight, a global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has acquired BirdDog Solutions, a provider of parcel logistics solutions in North America.

Risk/Compliance

Terror Attacks Bring Increased Scrutiny To Food Shipments In Europe

European businesses that have been used to an open border policy are expecting the slowdowns to increase as new border control measures are put in place.

With all the calls to dump the open border policy, multinational firms, in particular, could be vulnerable.

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