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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

MacroPoint, Freight Tracking Software Firm, Granted Mobile Device Patent

Freight tracking software provider MacroPoint announced that it’s been granted another patent using mobile devices, the latest step in a battle with FourKites, another vendor of software in that market sector.

August 31, 2016
Business

Pennsylvania Town Grapples With Truck Congestion

For residents along Old Berwick Road in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, time keeps on turning — but it seems the tractor-trailers clogging their neighborhood are not.

Rachel Holly | Standard-Speaker (Hazleton, Pa.)
August 31, 2016
Business

Housing Market Turnover to Improve Over Coming Year, Poll Shows

Turnover in the U.S. residential property market is set to rise over the coming year, according to a strong majority of analysts polled by Reuters who also forecast the pace of house price gains to remain relatively steady this year and next.

Ross Finley | Reuters
August 31, 2016
Government, Business

Texas Mulls Cost, Public Request to Drop Highway Tolls

Texas could rid itself of toll roads — but at a steep price, according to the latest estimates by transportation officials.

Dug Begley | Houston Chronicle
August 31, 2016
Business

Companies Added 177,000 Employees in August, ADP Says

Companies added workers to U.S. payrolls in August in line with projections, contributing to signs of a steady labor market, data from ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey, showed Aug. 31.

Sho Chandra | Bloomberg News
August 31, 2016
Business, Logistics

Distressed Hanjin Shipping Co. Becomes Symbol of Industry in Pain

Hanjin Shipping Co., the distressed Korean container mover that filed for court protection Aug. 31, is emerging as a symbol of the slump that has plagued the industry since the global financial crisis.

August 31, 2016
Government, Business

FMCSA Sends Entry-Level, Driver-Training Rule to White House for Review

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent its version of a final rule on entry-level driver training to the Office of Management and Budget for review on Aug. 29, OMB said.

August 30, 2016
Business

Peterbilt Offers New ISL G Engine

Truck maker Peterbilt Motors Co. will soon offer the Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine as an option on three of its vocational trucks, the Denton, Texas-based manufacturer said Aug. 30.

August 30, 2016
Business

Eberspaecher Rolls Out New Engine Pre-Heater

Eberspaecher North America, a supplier of vehicle heaters, has added a new engine pre-heater to its product lineup, the Hydronic S3 5-kilowatt economy system, the company said.

August 30, 2016
Business

Ritchie Bros. in Agreement to Acquire IronPlanet for $758.5 Million

Industrial auctioneer Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. and IronPlanet, an online equipment marketplace, have entered into an agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire IronPlanet for about $758.5 million.

August 30, 2016