Business

The Port of Virginia reported $4.76 million in profits for fiscal year 2016, which ran from July 1 to June 30.

Volvo said it is testing its fully autonomous truck about 4,000 feet underground in a mine in Northern Sweden.

In what’s sure to be a college student’s dream come true, drones soon will be delivering burritos on the campus of Virginia Tech.

Winning $9.4 million playing Oregon’s Game Megabucks didn’t stop truck driver Eric Tackett of Sutherlin, Oregon, from delivering a load of drywall on his way to claim his winnings.

Louise Spencer was able to check one of her life goals off her list Sept. 2 — nine days before she turns 92 — when she got behind the wheel of a big rig for the first time in her life.

Starship Technologies, maker of squat six-wheeled robots that deliver packages to businesses and homes, said Sept. 7 it is working with Mercedes to develop a van to transport eight of the robots and release them onto sidewalks to make deliveries.

CSX Corp. has announced that third-quarter earnings will trail both the 2015 period and second quarter profit because freight volumes have slumped.

Troubled South Korean firm Hanjin Shipping has been granted temporary bankruptcy protection in the United States.

Doonan Specialized Trailer announced that it has designed and manufactured a new Series 2 V-channel trough flatbed trailer.

Americans’ moods steadied last week after a slight pullback as household finances improved and consumers felt better about making purchases, according to the weekly Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index released Sept. 8.