<div id="readability-page-1">Shares of industrial and transportation companies were more or less flat, amid concerns about a more drastic than anticipated economic slowdown. U.S. job openings fell to their lowest levels in more than three years, returning to prepandemic levels in the latest sign of weakening in the labor market. The U.S. international trade deficit widened 7.9% in July to $78.8 billion from a revised $73 billion in the prior month, the Commerce Department said. Manufacturing activity declined and home sales softened in most parts of the country over the past six weeks, according to the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book survey. In one promising sign, orders for U.S. manufactured goods rose 5% in July after two straight monthly declines. SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, a sign of how Elon Musk's ongoing battle against Brazil's highest court over his social-media company X is spilling out to affect some of his other businesses. Volvo Car abandoned its target of having a fully electric lineup by the end of the decade, saying it was still likely to sell some hybrid models as the market faces an increasingly bumpy transition to electric vehicles. The warning echoed Volkswagen's report of financial duress from the transition to electric vehicles. Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires09-04-24 1727ET</div>

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工业和运输公司的股票在人们担心经济显著放缓的情况下保持稳定。美国的职位空缺已降至三年多来的最低水平。贸易逆差在 7 月扩大了 7.9%，制造业活动和房屋销售出现下滑。值得一提的是，美国制造业商品订单在 7 月增长了 5%。此外，SpaceX 因法律问题正在撤离巴西的员工，而沃尔沃汽车放弃了完全电动车型的目标，称在向电动汽车过渡过程中面临挑战

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