19 Aug Transfix Teams With BAMFi to Speed Money to Carriers Transfix, a digital freight marketplace, announced Aug. 19 the latest expansion to its product suite: the Transfix Factoring Program powered by BAMFi, designed to unlock money for carriers upfront. Read more...
19 Aug Dex Opens Parts Facility in Oklahoma City Dex Heavy Duty Parts, a Volvo Group subsidiary and supplier of recycled, renovated and surplus medium- and heavy-duty truck parts, announced the opening of its facility in Oklahoma City. Read more...
19 Aug Dollar Soars to 2019 High Even as Trump Laments Its Strength The ascent of the dollar is proving almost unstoppable. While U.S. President Donald Trump lamented its strength on Twitter, the greenback continued to surge Aug. 19, taking a Bloomberg index of the U.S. currency to its highest level of 2019. Read more...
19 Aug Diesel Falls 1.7¢ to $2.994 in Sixth Consecutive Decline The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 1.7 cents to $2.994 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Aug. 19. Read more...
19 Aug Lippert Introduces 10-Inch Sleeper Series Mattress Lippert Components Inc. announced its latest Somnum Sleeper Series mattress for the heavy-truck market. Read more...
19 Aug Crossword Puzzle Solution August 19, 2019 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the August 19, 2019 print edition. Read more...
19 Aug Trump Says US Is Talking With China but Not Ready for Deal President Donald Trump said the United States is “doing very well with China, and talking!” but suggested he wasn’t ready to sign a trade deal, hours after his top economic adviser laid out a potential timeline for the resumption of substantive discussions with Beijing. Read more...
19 Aug Fitch Ratings Affirms Panama Canal ‘A’ Investment Grade For the fourth consecutive year, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Panama Canal’s “A” investment grade rating with a stable outlook for its long-term issuer default rating and its senior unsecured notes, according to the Panama Canal Authority. Read more...
19 Aug FRA Announces $244 Million in Grant Availability More than $244 million in grants is available for projects that improve safety, efficiency and reliability, federal railroad regulators announced this month. Read more...
18 Aug Nebraska’s Benjamin Schropfer Earns NAIC Crown PITTSBURGH — Benjamin Schropfer of the Nebraska State Patrol has been crowned the Jimmy K. Ammons Grand Champion of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s North American Inspectors Championship for 2019. Read more...