Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More Amazon's Shipping Costs Likely to Surge With Holiday Orders + MORE 10/30/2016

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AT&T boss Randall Stephenson’s deal for Time Warner will put him in charge of businesses in which he has little experience. But he’s familiar with stepping out of his comfort zone.

Big trucking companies have spent the second half of the year shrinking their fleets in hopes of changing an imbalance between the supply of rigs on the road and tepid shipping demand.

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A high-profile Silicon Valley startup nixed its plan to market an aftermarket kit that could be installed in some cars to take over driving, after U.S. regulators began asking questions about the product.

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The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. has confirmed that it has evidence of corruption involving one its employees and Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer SA involving the purchase of three aircraft from the company.

Elon Musk said his goal is to make solar roofs that look better than an ordinary roof, generate power and last longer, all at an installed cost that is less than a normal roof plus the cost of electricity.

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Amazon.com Inc.’s shipping costs are likely to spiral higher in the fourth quarter because of the combination of more expensive fast shipping and greater holiday-related volumes.

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Hyundai Merchant Marine and four other shipping groups submitted preliminary bids for the assets of Hanjin Shipping’s Asia-U.S. route, as Hanjin is broken up as part of a restructuring plan.

Exxon Mobil said that it may be forced to recognize that billions of barrels of its reserves are no longer profitable to produce. The disclosure came as the oil producer reported a 38% decline in quarterly profit.

The backlash against the high and rising cost of medicines may be cracking the foundation of the convoluted U.S. drug-pricing system, hitting the bottom lines of manufacturers and industry middlemen that have benefited from increases.

Merger discussions between General Electric Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. are advancing and could result in a transaction as early as next week, people familiar with the matter said.