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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. is quietly inviting drivers for its new "on-demand" delivery service to handle its standard packages, as the online retailer known for low prices and razor-thin profit margins looks to speed up delivery times and tamp down its growing multibillion-dollar logistics bill.

New products and services including a cloud-based system have helped Odyssey Logistics post double-digit growth during the past year.

Working in or around Conway Terminal, the sprawling testament to the might of the U.S. freight railroad system, it might be easy to forget the storm of troubles brewing at Norfolk Southern Corp.

Vice President Joe Biden called for greater public investment in transportation infrastructure during a Feb. 17 visit to a logistics yard east of  Memphis, Tennessee.

New York State Sen. Kathleen Marchione and UPS Inc. are among those who are opposing the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern Corp., according to letters on file with the Surface Transportation Board.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was publicly criticized by the National Transportation Safety Board for “inadequate safety oversight of high-risk carriers” after an investigation of a fatal crash in Illinois in which fatigue was blamed.

MIAMI — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Norfolk Southern Corp. have upped the stakes in a $30 billion battle for control of the U.S. railway, as the potential acquirer said it would take its case directly to NS shareholders.

Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Memphis on Feb. 17 to highlight work on Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor freight-rail project.

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S reported an 84% plunge in 2015 profit after its oil unit was hit by lower energy prices and the container division got squeezed between sluggish trade growth and overcapacity. The shares fell the most in almost a year.