05 Apr Companies in US Added 263,000 Employees in March, ADP Says Companies added workers to U.S. payrolls in March at the fastest pace since December 2014 on solid gains in construction and manufacturing and at small businesses, data from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, N.J., showed April 5. Read more...
04 Apr Cargo Pilots Set to Take Labor Dispute Outside White House WASHINGTON - A group of pilots who ship packages for Amazon and DHL will protest outside the White House in a bid to get President Donald Trump's attention in a long-running labor dispute. Read more...
04 Apr UPS to Open $200 Million Texas Shipping Hub UPS Inc. has confirmed that it will open a new $200 million shipping center in Arlington, Texas. Read more...
04 Apr Saia Partners With TST Overland Express for Cross-Border LTL Service Saia Inc. has signed a deal to partner with TST Overland Express to provide cross-border less-than-truckload service between the United States and Canada, effective May 22. Read more...
04 Apr Coordinated Arson Attacks Cause $750,000 in Damage to Maine Company's Trucks POLAND, Maine - Arsonists set fire April 1 to several tractor-trailer cabs within minutes of each other in coordinated attacks at two locations about 36 miles apart, according to the Maine fire marshal's office. Read more...
04 Apr Analysis: What's Really Driving the Trade Deficit With China Before President Trump can shrink America's lopsided trade deficits - with China or anyone else - he first must recognize what's driving them. Read more...
04 Apr Ridgemont Equity Partners Invests in Dickinson Fleet Services Private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners has invested in the maintenance services company Dickinson Fleet Services, but financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more...
04 Apr Manufacturing in US Kept Expanding at Robust Pace in March America's factories continued to expand in March at a robust pace, demonstrating momentum in an industry that struggled for the better part of the past two years, Institute for Supply Management data showed April 3. Read more...
04 Apr Roadrunner Fires Chief Financial Officer Peter Armbruster Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. terminated chief financial officer Peter Armbruster on March 29, two months after the company admitted it would have to refile quarterly and annual earnings reports from 2014 forward due to accounting errors and record a goodwill impairment charge up to $200 million on two previous acquisitions. Read more...
04 Apr Trade Deficit in US Narrows in February to Four-Month Low The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February to a four-month low as imports declined and exports improved amid a brighter outlook for global manufacturing, Commerce Department data showed April 4. Read more...