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ACT Research preliminary data showed orders increased 103% year over year, while FTR Transportation Intelligence reported an even larger 124% gain.

The June 12 event with representatives from both countries will mark the completion of the Gordie Howe International Bridge over the Detroit River. The bridge will open for traffic on June 15. 

The gap in goods and services trade shrank 1.2% in April from the prior month to $55.9 billion, Commerce Department data showed June 9.

Oil prices fell back from gains on June 8. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, fell 4.4% to $90.13 per barrel.

Two longtime Hub Group executives exited their leadership roles as the firm works to rectify accounting errors that will see it refile a series of earnings.

Packaged food company JM Smucker said it planned to lower coffee prices next year as costs comes down.

The Commerce Department recommended levies be imposed on dry and refrigerated van trailers and subassemblies imported from China and Mexico after an investigation.

Growing evidence of so-called dark transits suggest that more vessels are moving through the Strait of Hormuz than visible tracking data indicates.

From July 1, Gordon Birrell will be executive vice president of upstream, while Richard Harding will take on the same role — in an interim basis — for downstream.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency official is set to testify in federal court about the government's plans for refunding billions of dollars that importers paid before the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs.

Amazon sold C$14 billion in high-grade bonds, the largest corporate debt offering on record in the currency, after drawing about twice that amount in demand. 

Freightliner production in Mexico

Truck and bus makers built 14,543 heavy-duty vehicles in Mexico in May, an 18.2% jump from April, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.

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U.S. Airlines Spent $6.5B on Jet Fuel in April, Up 78%

The International Air Transport Association released a report on June 7 saying it now expects airlines worldwide to earn a combined $23 billion in net profit in 2026, down from $45 billion in 2025.

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Starbucks Brews Up Plan for at Least 5,000 More U.S. Stores

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee chain has the potential to add at least 5,000 more stores in the U.S., echoing comments from earlier this year.

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