08 Mar Tweets From #TMC2019 Tweets from the 2019 Technology & Maintenance Council annual event from the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, March 17-21, 2019. Read more...
08 Mar Pelosi Says Trump Willing to Work With Dems on Infrastructure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump “assured” her that they could work together on two bipartisan priorities: increasing infrastructure spending and reining in drug prices. Read more...
08 Mar WiseTech Global Acquires Singapore Firm Containerchain WiseTech Global, a logistics company based in Sydney, has acquired Containerchain, a container logistics provider that does business in Asia, Europe and the United States, according to a WiseTech news release. Read more...
08 Mar Navistar Posts Best First-Quarter Results Since 2010 Navistar International Corp. reported higher net income and revenue as the parent company of International Truck posted its best fiscal-year first quarter since 2010. Read more...
08 Mar Railroad Representatives Petition FMCSA for HOS Exemption Two companies and a trade association representing railroad employees have petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for relief from certain hours-of-service rules. Read more...
08 Mar EPW Chairman John Barrasso Calls for Confirmation of FHWA Nominee Nicole Nason Sen. John Barrasso, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, pressed his colleagues to support the confirmation of Nicole Nason to lead the Federal Highway Administration. Read more...
08 Mar Hiring Plunges to 20,000 as Wage Gains Top Estimates U.S. hiring was the weakest in more than a year while wage gains were the fastest of the expansion and the unemployment rate fell, a possible sign that America’s jobs engine is starting to slow down. Treasuries rose while the dollar and stock futures fell. Read more...
08 Mar First Responders Work With Developers to ‘Teach’ Self-Driving Cars to Pull Over What happens when police need to stop a driverless car? Read more...
08 Mar Trade War Leaves Pacific Northwest Port Growth at Risk An industry that saw dramatic growth in the 10 years before Donald Trump became president is now concerned his administration’s trade tussle with China, and the lack of a deal with Japan, will cut future growth short. Read more...
08 Mar Housing Starts Rebound in January by More Than Forecast U.S. new-home construction rebounded by more than expected in January amid strength in single-family starts and a nine-month high for permits, signaling the market is stabilizing thanks to lower mortgage rates. Read more...