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Amazon, the e-retail giant, has built up its logistics infrastructure over the years. This expansion includes a new warehouse just outside Omaha, Neb., as part of an effort to control more deliveries on its own rather than relying on FedEx Corp., UPS Inc. or the U.S. Postal Service.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra said June 5 that the company still hopes to sell its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant to Workhorse Group, an electric-vehicle start-up, although questions have been raised about that company’s financial wherewithal.

FedEx Corp.’s reported practice of rerouting Huawei parcels to the United States without the Chinese company’s authorization demonstrates that the U.S. government is leaving no stone unturned to disrupt normal business activities, analysts said May 28.

Cameron LNG is poised to load its first export shipment of liquefied natural gas after the arrival of the first LNG tanker at its Louisiana facility.

E-commerce, growing at 15% a year, is driving a second boom in Georgia’s robust warehousing and logistics industry, which employs about 118,000 packers and material handlers across the state.

Texas is considering whether to impose additional registration fees on electric and hybrid vehicles, following nearly half the states that assess higher fees on battery-powered vehicles to compensate for lost gasoline taxes used to maintain roads and highways.

City commissioners are excited to sign a deal with Amazon to build an air cargo facility at Lakeland’s airport. Residents were less enthusiastic.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Amazon is looking to make a more than $100 million investment in Lakeland.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Port of Oakland’s board of commissioners May 13 unanimously approved an exclusive negotiating term sheet that would give the Oakland A’s four years to obtain land use permits, conduct an environmental review and do other preparatory work needed to eventually lease the 50-acre Howard Terminal — one of six marine terminals at the port.

DETROIT — While other automakers — notably crosstown rival General Motors and German giant Volkswagen — shift their focus to vehicles powered by electricity alone, Ford continues to develop and invest in hybrids, which combine gasoline engines with electric batteries.