14 Apr March Was a Great Month for North American Ports Container traffic increased in March compared with 2016 levels at the top North American ports, including a strong post-Chinese New Year upswing at the two largest ports - Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. Read more...
14 Apr Retail Sales Declined for a Second Month in March Sales at U.S. retailers declined in March for a second month, hurt by fewer purchases of automobiles, Commerce Department data showed April 14. Read more...
14 Apr Consumer Prices Fall 0.3%, First Decline in a Year The cost of living in the United States declined in March for the first time since February 2016, showing inflation is moving up only gradually, a Labor Department report showed April 14. Read more...
13 Apr FedEx Details Environmental, Community Outreach Improvements FedEx Corp. is ramping up efforts to improve efficiency of its FedEx Express vehicle fleet. Read more...
13 Apr Musk Sketches Out Timeline for Tesla Electric Semi-Truck Tesla Inc.'s plans to pad its lineup of electric cars are taking shape, with Elon Musk sketching out a timeline for the arrival of a semi-truck, pickup and sports car. Read more...
13 Apr UPS Expands Shipping of Dangerous Goods by Air and Ground UPS Inc. expanded its dangerous goods shipping program by adding more than 400 commodities that can be accepted in its global air network and more than 300 products across its ground network in Europe. Read more...
13 Apr Transport Topics Wins Two Business Publication Awards The American Society of Business Publication Editors announced at an April 13 awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., that Transport Topics had won regional silver awards for two features: Its "CDL or Bust" digital series and the July 2016 print edition of iTECH. Read more...
13 Apr Timing for Trump's Infrastructure Plan 'Up In the Air,' White House Official Says It remains unclear when the Trump administration intends to unveil a $1 trillion proposal that would invest in infrastructure projects over several years, the White House's leader on infrastructure affairs told the Wall Street Journal this week. Read more...
13 Apr Consumer Comfort in US Rises for Sixth Time in Seven Weeks Consumer confidence climbed for the sixth time in the last seven weeks as Americans became more upbeat about the U.S. economy than at any time since 2001, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed April 13. Read more...
13 Apr Navistar's Fleet Charge Program Turns 30 Navistar International Corp. announced on April 13 the 30th anniversary of Fleet Charge, its private label purchasing card program. Read more...