31 Aug UPS Pilots Approve Contract Granting 29% Raise Over Five Years UPS Inc.'s pilots approved a new contract giving them a 29% raise compounded over five years. Read more...
31 Aug Distressed Hanjin Shipping Co. Becomes Symbol of Industry in Pain Hanjin Shipping Co., the distressed Korean container mover that filed for court protection Aug. 31, is emerging as a symbol of the slump that has plagued the industry since the global financial crisis. Read more...
31 Aug Pennsylvania Town Grapples With Truck Congestion For residents along Old Berwick Road in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, time keeps on turning - but it seems the tractor-trailers clogging their neighborhood are not. Read more...
31 Aug Housing Market Turnover to Improve Over Coming Year, Poll Shows Turnover in the U.S. residential property market is set to rise over the coming year, according to a strong majority of analysts polled by Reuters who also forecast the pace of house price gains to remain relatively steady this year and next. Read more...
31 Aug Companies Added 177,000 Employees in August, ADP Says Companies added workers to U.S. payrolls in August in line with projections, contributing to signs of a steady labor market, data from ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey, showed Aug. 31. Read more...
30 Aug FMCSA Sends Entry-Level, Driver-Training Rule to White House for Review The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent its version of a final rule on entry-level driver training to the Office of Management and Budget for review on Aug. 29, OMB said. Read more...
30 Aug Peterbilt Offers New ISL G Engine Truck maker Peterbilt Motors Co. will soon offer the Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine as an option on three of its vocational trucks, the Denton, Texas-based manufacturer said Aug. 30. Read more...
30 Aug ATA President Chris Spear Calls Rhode Island Truck-Only Toll 'Extortion' American Trucking Associations' new president, Chris Spear, jumped headfirst into the conflict between the Rhode Island Trucking Association and Gov. Gina Raimondo on Aug. 24. Read more...
30 Aug Eberspaecher Rolls Out New Engine Pre-Heater Eberspaecher North America, a supplier of vehicle heaters, has added a new engine pre-heater to its product lineup, the Hydronic S3 5-kilowatt economy system, the company said. Read more...
30 Aug Analysis: Two Experts Envision Trade Under President Trump - Goodbye, Wal-Mart What would the U.S. economy look like without the trade deals of the past 70 years? Read more...