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Starbucks is opening a new corporate office in Nashville, Tenn., to support its growth ambitions in the South and Northeast U.S., as it eyes opportunities to add up to 5,000 stores.

Target's new CEO is setting big expectations for Wall Street and pledging a return to growth powered by trendy new food products, in-store beauty services and other changes. 

An effort to ease truck parking shortages is taking a step forward in South Florida, where ParkPro will open hundreds of parking spaces at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., this summer.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. would provide insurance guarantees and naval escorts to ensure safe passage for oil tankers and other vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

Thoma Bravo agreed to a deal to acquire third-party logistics provider WWEX Group — a TT Top 100 logistics company — and merge it with an existing portfolio company.

“Spain has absolutely nothing that we need other than great people,” President Trump said. “They have great people, but they don’t have great leadership.”

Energy Minister Tim Hodgson gave further details on the package March 3, including C$44 million for upgrades to the Northwest Transmission Line in northern British Columbia.

The conflict in the Middle East creates additional unknowns. “The whole issue of supply chain reliability will become more important,” CEO Stefan Paul told journalists on March 3.

A decision to tap the Energy Department’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve could help stanch price spikes, at least temporarily. The reserve currently holds about 415 million barrels.

Shipowners and brokers are demanding more than $200,000 a day for LNG tankers in the Atlantic Basin, roughly double what they were commanding less than a day earlier, according to sources.