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TOKYO — Embattled Japanese technology giant Toshiba plans to split into two companies, and intends to sell its joint venture stake in Toshiba Carrier Corp. to U.S.-based Carrier Group, for about 100 billion yen ($877 million).

Amazon.com Inc. shares surged 14% on Feb. 4, adding about $191 billion in market value, after investors cheered its fourth-quarter earnings report. The advance was the biggest single-day gain in U.S. stock market history.

The Illinois Trucking Association launched a new coalition aimed at empowering women in the trucking industry.

TFI International operating company CFI on Feb. 2 detailed plans to upgrade its fleet equipment and increase driver pay this year.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4 passed an expansive bill that would invest tens of billions in the U.S. tech sector, but Republican objections that it’s too weak on China threaten what Democrats hoped would be a quick election-year win.

RLS Logistics announced the recent acquisitions of two cold chain companies Feb. 2 in a move aimed at bolstering its network of solution providers.

Toshiba Corp. will build a new wafer fabrication plant for power semiconductors that will more than double its production capacity by March 2025, the company announced Feb. 4.

Self-driving truck developer TuSimple says Union Pacific Railroad will be its first customer to move freight on the company’s fully automated trucking route between Tucson and Phoenix, after making a test run on a similar route in December.

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of omicron infections that sickened millions of workers, kept many consumers at home and left businesses from restaurants to manufacturers short-staffed.