There’s nothing like a championship victory parade to bring people together. And even if you watched or were there for the Knicks and their fans celebrating in New York City last week, you may have missed the reaction of the crowd to a postal worker simply doing their job. As a couple million people lined the streets in Manhattan to celebrate the team's NBA title, video captured a USPS carrier making deliveries by the parade route after police allowed him to pass through a secure area. The crowd clapped and cheered. Social media lit up. And the story got picked up by some TV stations, which is how I found out about it. It wasn’t that surprising to me that no matter what's happening around them, postal workers show up and get their work done. It’s the kind of commitment that National Postal Workers Day, observed annually on July 1, was created to recognize.

Oil prices were mixed Friday as investors waited to see the potential impact of Tropical Storm Nate on U.S. Gulf Coast oil infrastructure. “As we come into the weekend, the market is focusing on the implications of Tropical Storm Nate and how big any disruptions will be” on crude production and refining capacity, said Richard Mallinson, an analyst at consultancy Energy Aspects. As with Hurricane Harvey in August, the “tendency is for the focus to be more on refinery shutdowns, which is probably more positive for product prices and probably a little bearish for crude prices,” Mr. Mallinson said. Click Read More below for more of the story.

What do toothpaste, perfume, soap and ink have in common? The surprising answer is turpentine. This versatile byproduct of the pulp- and paper-making process is used in a wide range of everyday products. Consider a typical day: You wake up and brush your teeth. Then you take a shower using your favorite soap. After you get dressed, you apply some makeup or a spritz of cologne or perfume. You might not have realized it, but before you left home this morning, you used a number of products that contain a special form of turpentine that Domtar makes. Your perfume’s floral fragrance and your toothpaste’s minty freshness originated as crude sulfate turpentine, a USDA-certified, all-natural and renewable byproduct of the pulp- and paper-making process. In fact, many of the scents and flavorings in products you encounter every day are derived from byproducts of the pulp- and paper-making process. Click Read More below for additional information.