(United Natural Foods Inc.) United Natural Foods Inc. has taken some of its systems offline while it investigates “unauthorized activity” with outside cybersecurity help, it said June 9 in a filing with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. The company took the systems down and brought in forensics experts after noticing the intrusion on June ...more

Tesla's robotaxi service is scheduled to roll out June 12 in Austin. (Tesla) Tesla Inc. received a pair of downgrades on June 9, with analysts warning that Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company is facing a highly uncertain outlook, especially on the political front. The stock fell 1.1% in premarket trading, suggesting it will extend its ...more

FMCSA’s funding for the CDLPI program is meant to strengthen state compliance with federal safety mandates and improve the National Commercial Driver’s License Program. (gk-6mt — Getty Images) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking grant applications by July 7 for $89.4 million in Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation funds to improve highway safety. ...more

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) DETROIT — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a rule June 6 that Biden-era fuel economy standards for gas-powered cars and trucks are illegal and moved to reverse them, paving the way for a likely reset of rules. Combined with Senate language in the pending budget bill to eliminate penalties for ...more

Trucks loaded with containers move through a container terminal port in Shanghai, China, on June 9. (Chinatopix Via AP) LONDON — High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London on June 9 to try to shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy. A Chinese delegation ...more

A massive opportunity is opening up for 3PLs, authors of CSCMP's report said. (THEPALMER/Getty Images) Third-party logistics providers have been offered a rare opportunity by the Trump administration’s trade policy, according to the annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals State of Logistics Report. However, to take full advantage, 3PLs must forge better relationships with ...more

“We are doing well with China. China’s not easy,” Trump told reporters at the White House on June 9. (Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg) Trade talks between the U.S. and China will continue into a second day, according to a U.S. official, as the two sides look to ease tensions over shipments of technology and rare earth elements. ...more

Businesses in the energy, health care, manufacturing and financial services industries will be watching closely as the week progresses. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg) Senate Republicans intend to propose revised tax and health care provisions to President Donald Trump’s $3 trillion signature economic package this week, shrugging off condemnations of the legislation by Elon Musk as they rush ...more

A shopper at a grocery store in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg) Consumers’ expectations for future price pressures improved across all horizons in May, and households’ pessimism about the labor market somewhat eased, according to monthly survey data released June 9 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Median expectations for inflation one, three and ...more

Officials in multiple states are warning drivers about scam text messages that appear to come from state Departments of Motor Vehicles, or DMVs. Officials in more than a dozen states have issued warnings about a new text messaging scam that attempts to threaten the receiver into paying off a nonexistent traffic ticket to avoid penalties. ...more