Business

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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.

Business, Fuel

Oil Finishes Week Near $106 a Barrel

Oil rose $1 Friday to finish the week near $106 a barrel on speculation that U.S. inventories will continue to fall, following the largest two-week drop in at least three decades, Bloomberg News reported.

July 12, 2013
Business

UPS Cuts Full-Year Earnings Forecast

UPS Inc. said Friday it is reducing its full-year earnings forecast, citing a slowing U.S. economy.

July 12, 2013
Government, Business

Napolitano Stepping Down as DHS Chief

Janet Napolitano is resigning from her position leading the Department of Homeland Security, the Associated Press reported Friday.

July 12, 2013
Business

Daimler Trucks’ 2Q Earnings Slip, Revenue Rises

Daimler AG said Friday said in a preliminary second-quarter earnings statement that earnings at its Daimler Trucks unit declined from a year ago, while revenue rose.

July 12, 2013
Business

Consumer Confidence Declines in July

Consumer confidence fell in July, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

July 12, 2013
Business

Producer Price Index Rises in June

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.8% in June, the Labor Department reported Friday.

July 12, 2013
Business, Logistics

Weekly Intermodal Traffic Increases 1.1%

Weekly intermodal volume increased by 1.1% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 12, 2013
Business

Driver Turnover Rate Rises in First Quarter

Driver turnover at large and small truckload and less-than-truckload carriers rose in the first quarter on an improving economy, American Trucking Associations said.

July 11, 2013
Business, Logistics

United Vision Logistics Restructures

Heavy-haul and hazardous-materials carrier United Vision Logistics said it has reorganized its ownership.

July 11, 2013
Business

Import Prices Decline for Fourth Straight Month

The price of goods imported to the United States declined in June for the fourth straight month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

July 11, 2013