Esther Fung

Tariffs on China Prompt Pennsylvania Tire Chain Seller to Raise Prices. "It's irritating that they say China is paying for it. No. It's coming out of my pocket." https://t.co/QhzLscCPQe via @wsj

On Fox News, @howardlutnick just provided some early comments of how he envisions @USPS in a merger with the commerce dept. He said postal employees could do work of census workers and social security officers. Adds that it will save the government billions a year.

Louis DeJoy, the U.S. postmaster general, says he plans to depart after a turbulent five-year tenure https://t.co/JNa4FEhxyB @WSJ

Porch pirates have become so common that shoppers can now spend hundreds of dollars on insurance to cover the cost of stolen packages. https://t.co/UfzNxmQ39r via @WSJ @MoiseNoise

The growth of the e-commerce giant Shein has spawned a new U.S. delivery service called SpeedX that is leaving packages on the doorsteps of shoppers across the country https://t.co/bom6UOIYHA via @WSJ

CPKC’s 20,000-mile railroad network is a bet on the promise of the free flow of goods and a key cog in an intricate supply chain that underpins North American trade. That bet just got riskier. https://t.co/54phUskFUX @WSJ

FedEx and UPS are escalating their rivalry, competing for parcel volume from some small and mid-sized customers. Some shippers said they have been getting sizeable discounts. https://t.co/JKTkQj2tXY via @WSJ

Logistics operators are mostly cautious this year in their seasonal hiring plans, but UPS is stepping up its holiday payrolls. https://t.co/3YcRhPIY9E @WSJ @bylizyoung

Porch pirates across the country for months have been snatching FedEx packages that contain AT&T iPhones—within minutes or even seconds of delivery https://t.co/LudholyYgC @WSJ

Striking dockworkers are back to work—but a battle over using robots in U.S. ports stands in the way of lasting peace. How much, and how quickly, are humans willing to concede to machines? https://t.co/Hl3KajMfK6 @WSJ @pdberger @ChipCutter @Chao_Deng

BNSF Railway has hired Ed Harris, an expert on precision scheduled railroading, a strategy its rivals use to streamline operations. The Berkshire Hathaway-owned railroad insists it is not adopting PSR. Buffet has said that BNSF could perform better. https://t.co/qctsbpZ4Br @WSJ

Dockworkers are preparing to strike at midnight across dozens of East Coast ports from Maine to Texas, threatening to block a swath of U.S. trade. Companies said a shutdown could trigger renewed inflation during the holiday shopping season. https://t.co/Euf09pEaCU @WSJ @pdberger

The Merwin family men built their careers in Boeing’s factories, which used to promise a middle-class life for blue-collar workers. That's no longer true for many workers. “We are able to stay afloat....but not necessarily to thrive.” https://t.co/k5ObwsT9UB @WSJ @sharonterlep

RT @redbull: it's all in the train-ing 😏 👏: Dawid Godziek 📍: @redbullpolska https://t.co/Gqwo9GpD75

Maggie Smith, the legendary actress who played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies and the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died. 😢 https://t.co/7qUUfxzLIj @WSJBooks

Airline flights around the world are running into GPS spoofing, a hazard that poses new risks for pilots and passengers https://t.co/6mJOzNYiPo @WSJ @AndrewTangel @DrewFitzGerald

Super impressed with this model train set at a resort in Texas. There’s a manifest train and an intermodal train. Looks like someone from a Class 1 railroad built this. https://t.co/MzQQSmdmHi