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RALEIGH, N.C. — Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and electric vehicle battery factory it’s constructing in North Carolina, more than doubling prior investments.

BP Plc’s third-quarter profit rebounded from the prior period but fell short of estimates as weak results in gas marketing offset a strong performance in oil trading.

Caterpillar Inc. shares tumbled in premarket trading after the company said its order backlog shrank in the third quarter, in a sign of slowing demand for its iconic yellow machinery.

MILAN — Stellantis said Oct. 31 that the autoworkers strike in North America is expected to cost the company around 750 million euros ($795 million) in profits — less than its competitors.

Truckers traveling in Indiana on Interstate 65 now have more than 200 new parking spaces available to them after state officials on Oct. 24 opened a revamped Kankakee Welcome Center.

A court on Oct. 27 approved plans by the administrators of Yellow to use auctioneers to sell the company’s rolling stock, as Jack Cooper Transport eyes a bid to rescue the motor carrier.

XPO posted an increase in revenue but a dip in profit during the third quarter amid a challenging freight environment, the company said Oct 30.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. has agreed to supply biochemical maker Solugen Inc. with raw materials needed to make plant-based acids at a plant to be built in southwest Minnesota.

Negotiations between Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers union over a labor agreement ended Oct. 26 with no new master contract in place, the Volvo Group subsidiary said.

In 30 years, California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks we’ll wonder why we ever let human drivers on the road, he told reporters Oct. 29 after touring a Tesla car factory in Shanghai.