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BALTIMORE — Massive barges carrying cranes streamed toward Baltimore on March 28 to begin the challenging work of removing metal and concrete in an attempt to open a key shipping route.

NEW YORK — Kroger is shuttering three spoke facilities in its Texas and Florida e-commerce operations, the grocery chain confirmed this week.

Daimler Truck Holding AG and Volvo AB will face a retrial in a 560 million euros ($603 million) case over a price fixing cartel, a German appeals court ruled.

By the end of last year, 31 countries had surpassed what has become a pivotal EV tipping point: when 5% of new car sales are purely electric.

Tesla Inc. has a plan to fend off cheaper competition from China with a $25,000 electric car. But first it has to overhaul a 100-year-old manufacturing process pioneered by Henry Ford.

The U.S. purchased 2.8 million barrels of crude for the nation’s emergency oil cache as it seeks to replenish depleted supplies.

°®¶¹´«Ã½ Depot will buy SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, in a deal valued at approximately $18.25 billion.

The potential for freight delays was being assessed in the wake of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore, which was struck by a cargo ship on March 26.

The Maryland bridge collapse that severed access to the Port of Baltimore early March 26 is expected to cause some shipping delays and logistical headaches for the auto industry.

Drivers of cars and trucks in New York City inched closer to paying a new fee to enter Manhattan’s central business district after approval of the nation’s first congestion-pricing plan.