Job Openings Rose in September From Lowest Level This Year
Job openings in the rose in September from the lowest level of the year and hiring slowed, figures from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed Nov. 8.
November 8, 2016TravelCenters Reports Third-Quarter Income Rose, Launch of Commercial Tire Network
TravelCenters of America reported third-quarter income rose as revenue dipped amid gains in fuel volume, fuel gross margin, nonfuel gross margin and continued improvements in site level operating expense controls, it said.
November 8, 2016Cargo Owners in Flight to Safety After Hanjin Collapse, Shipping Lines Say
SHANGHAI — Cargo owners are becoming more concerned about risks and are shifting their business to shipping lines deemed more financially stable after the collapse of South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., top shipping executives said.
November 8, 2016Deutsche Post Harvests Online-Shopping Boom With Record Profit
Deutsche Post AG’s third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold to a record as the mail operator shifts to tap booming shipments from Internet shopping and recovered from costs for a failed software project.
November 8, 2016PIT Group, U.S. Xpress Launch Fuel-Efficiency Test on Multiple OEMs’ Class 8 Trucks
TUNNEL HILL, Ga. — Engineering and research company PIT Group and truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises announced they had begun the first in-service fuel-efficiency test in the United States with a variety of Class 8 trucks and various powertrain combinations to compare actual performance levels.
November 7, 2016Diesel Dips 0.9¢ to $2.470 a Gallon
The U.S. average retail price of diesel dipped 0.9 cent to $2.470 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.
November 7, 2016Port of Oakland Reports October Exports Highest Since 2013
The Port of Oakland reached a three-year high for exports in October, port officials announced in the monthly results released Nov. 7.
November 7, 2016UPS Buys Marken to Boost Health Care Services
UPS Inc. reached an agreement to purchase Marken, a supply chain logistics provider to the health care and biosciences industries, the company announced on Nov. 7.
November 7, 2016As Holidays Approach, Stores Struggle to Sort Out Hanjin Shipping Mess
The last Hanjin Shipping vessel dropping off goods in California has set sail from the Port of Long Beach, finally clearing the many ships left stranded by the company’s sudden collapse two months ago.
November 7, 2016Colonial Restarts Largest US Gasoline Line After Blast
The largest U.S. gasoline pipeline restarted the morning of Nov. 6, six days after an explosion and fire in Alabama during planned work on the line.
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