Monday's economy stories

An eye on Amazon, Asia's warehouse giant buys into Europe
Global Logistics Properties, Asia's largest warehouse owner, has paid $2.8 billion for European logistics company Gazeley, per the FT. That will allow GLP — with an existing foothold in the United States, China, Japan, and Brazil — to expand its reach to developed European markets like the United Kingdom and France.
Why it matters: GLP's largest shareholder is Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, so consider this purchase an Asian bet on the underlying businesses behind Amazonization — the inexorable rise of online shopping. Gazeley inked Amazon as a major tenant for its U.K. warehouses last year.

Facebook will give Congress Russian-bought ads on Monday
On Monday, Congressional investigators will receive Facebook ads bought during the 2016 presidential campaign by Russian operatives, the company says. Lawmakers will get roughly 3,000 ads purchased by a Russian troll farm that focused, in part, on divisive political issues. The company is also providing data on how the ads were paid for and targeted to users on Facebook.
The bigger picture: Facebook initially said it wouldn't hand over the ads, but it's under intense political pressure to provide as much information as possible as part of the probe into Russian election interference. Twitter also briefed investigators last week and is facing similar pressure. Lawmakers could choose to make details about the ads public.
Go deeper: What we've learned so far about how Russian operatives' alleged used social media to divide Americans.

