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Amazon.com’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market spawned endless speculation about how the internet giant would change the upscale grocer. Two years later, we’ve got an answer: Ten bucks.

After 34 years behind the wheel and more than 1.7 million safe-driving miles, Barb Herman, driver for K-Limited Carriers out of Toledo, Ohio, has proved that women do drive — and do it well.

Day cabs — especially those with a high roof and pulling a box trailer — can qualify for SmartWay designation that signifies the equipment significantly lowers fuel use and reduces air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

Jason Bergman has been appointed chief customer officer for YRC Worldwide.

Tesla Inc. is poised to increase production at its California car plant and is back in hiring mode, according to an internal e-mail sent days after the company wrapped up a record quarter of deliveries.

The 40th anniversary event will be held July 11-13 at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284. Festivities will include concerts, carnival games, firework shows, an antique truck display and a super truck beauty contest.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke on the phone with their Chinese counterparts as the two sides relaunch trade talks, marking the first high-level contact since their presidents agreed to a tentative truce last month.

When Walmart Inc. paid $16 billion for control of India’s e-commerce pioneer Flipkart Online Services Pvt. last year, the American retail giant got a little-noticed digital payments subsidiary as part of the deal.

Oil and natural gas producers in the Gulf of Mexico began evacuating workers and shutting in output as a storm gathers strength off the coast of Florida.

DHL Global Forwarding USA is rapidly moving to increase the amount of medical, life sciences and pharmaceutical freight — especially temperature-controlled items — it is forwarding around the world.