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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, Logistics

Interactive Map: Where The Top 50 Logistics Companies Are in North America

How do Transport Topics' Top 50 Logistics Companies break down by region? View our interactive map and click on names to visit individual company pages.

April 9, 2016
Business

UPS Court Filing Signals Continued Interest in TNT Express

UPS Inc. signaled its continued interest in Netherlands-based package and freight carrier TNT — currently pledged to a merger with FedEx Corp. — by asking a European Union court to reverse a 2013 regulatory ruling that blocked UPS from acquiring the Dutch company.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
April 9, 2016
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

TT's Top 50 Logistics Companies Ranking for 2016

The 2016 Transport Topics Top 50 Logistics Companies ranking is out! See the list and view individual company pages, plus separate rankings for logistics sectors.

April 9, 2016
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

House Transportation Committee Hosts Trucking Discussion April 13

Trucking industry executives and stakeholders will offer viewpoints about motor carrier provisions under a 2015 highway law during a roundtable panel hosted by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 13.

April 8, 2016
Business

BNSF Casts Doubt on Future of Southern California Intermodal Project

BNSF Railway cast doubt on the future of its $500 million intermodal terminal facility in Southern California, saying “it is not clear whether or how the project could be built” in light of a recent court decision.

April 8, 2016
Business

Lifestyle Benefits Lure Some to Lower-Paying Jobs Driving Buses Instead of Trucks

The appeal of sleeping at home every night is why, despite higher wages for truck drivers, some choose to drive rapid transit buses.

David Weissman | The York (Pa.) Dispatch
April 8, 2016
Government, Business, Safety

West Virginia Supreme Court Says Town Can’t Ban Trucks

In a ruling filed April 7, the West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that said Morgantown does not have the authority to ban trucks from using state roads in city limits.

Ben Conley | The (Morgantown, W.Va.) Dominion Post
April 8, 2016
Business, Government

EBE Technologies, Vigillo Announce Carrier Management Partnership

SAN ANTONIO — EBE Technologies and Vigillo announced a commercial partnership intended to integrate and accelerate carrier onboarding and compliance management in a paperless environment.

April 8, 2016
Business

Truckstop.com Plans to Enter ELD Market

Load board operator Truckstop.com is planning to introduce its own electronic logging device, expanding the company’s technology offerings, a company executive said.

April 8, 2016
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

GE's Oil Business Seen Finding `Missing Piece' With Baker Hughes

General Electric Co. could become one of the top players in the oil services and equipment industry if it decides to bid for Baker Hughes Inc.

April 8, 2016