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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

FMCSA Delays Publication of E-Log Rule to November

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the agency plans to publish its final electronic logging device rule in November, rather than on the agency’s previous projected date of Sept. 30.

February 23, 2015

QuickBooks for Trucking: Connecting QuickBooks to Your TMS

Learn how Truckbase connects QuickBooks for trucking and your TMS to help you marry your trucking-specific data in your TMS with your financial data in QuickBooks.

Business

Foxx Takes Bus Tour Through Southeast to Highlight Infrastructure Funding Needs

For the second time in less than a year, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx toured regional infrastructure projects in a bid to press Congress to pay for new highways.

February 23, 2015
Business, Fuel, Government

Diesel Gains for 2nd Week

U.S. retail diesel prices rose last week, by 3 cents a gallon, the first back-to-back increase for the fuel average since June.

February 23, 2015
Business

West Coast Port Dockworkers Union, Employers Agree to Deal

West Coast dockworkers and their employers reached a five-year contract deal Feb. 20, averting a shutdown of 29 ports that could have cost the U.S. economy $2 billion a day, Labor Secretary Tom Perez said.

February 21, 2015
Business

Sysco to Contest FTC Move Blocking Merger With U.S. Foods

Sysco Corp. said it will contest a move by the Federal Trade Commission to block its proposed merger with US Foods.

February 20, 2015
Business, Logistics

Canadian National Workers Set Strike Vote

Unifor, a labor union that represents about 4,800 workers at Canadian National Railway, said it will begin strike votes next week after five months of talks failed to produce an agreement.

February 20, 2015
Business, Logistics

Universal Truckload Earnings Drop 7% in 4Q

Universal Truckload Services Inc. said fourth-quarter net income fell 7% to $10.5 million, or 35 cents per share, as profits fell at its logistics business.

February 20, 2015
Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Ryder to Train Maintenance Workforce on Nat Gas Tech

Ryder System Inc. said it has begun an online natural gas truck training program for its 6,000 North American maintenance employees.

February 20, 2015
Business

US Oil Workers Reject Shell's Contract Offer Prolonging Strike

The United Steelworkers, representing more than 30,000 U.S. oil workers, instructed members to reject a seventh labor contract offered by Royal Dutch Shell Plc as the biggest refinery strike since 1980 dragged on.

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February 20, 2015
Business

Dana Earnings Rise, Helped by Tax Benefit

Trucking industry supplier Dana Holding Corp. announced that fourth-quarter net income more than doubled to $109 million, or 65 cents per share, helped by a tax benefit.

February 20, 2015