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Railroad workers are continuing their demand for paid sick days. The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail Transportation Union, or SMART, held an informational picket near the rail yard on Rice’s Point on the afternoon of Dec. 13.

Replacing pavement at Otay Mesa land port of entry in California is the latest of 50 modernization projects the General Services Administration has embarked on using $3.4 billion in federal infrastructure funds.

Earlier emergency orders have been extended in Georgia for supply chain and oversize permits and in Nebraska for driving hours hauling fuel.

The Office of Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection is launching a testing project for a global business identifier to streamline tracking of goods in supply chains.

Shippers urged the U.S. railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions.

TC Energy’s efforts to restart a segment of its Keystone oil pipeline after a 14,000-barrel spill have been delayed by bad weather, according to people familiar with the matter.

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in November were the second-highest this year and continued the trend since May of monthly gains compared with a year earlier, Wards Intelligence reported.

Tesla Inc. shares are trading at their cheapest ever by at least one measure as the electric vehicle giant grapples with an array of challenges, from waning demand in China to investor concern over billionaire CEO Elon Musk’s priorities.

High-speed charging for electric vehicles could be on its way to becoming a mainstream convenience, available at grocery stores, apartment buildings and other locations many people frequent.

Inflation in the United States slowed again in November in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households.