Business
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.
Interactive Graphic: 2015 Week-By-Week Diesel Price
The national average price of diesel fell from $3.137 after the first week of 2015 to $2.235 after the final week. See everything in-between in this interactive graphic.
January 1, 2016Third Time's a Charm for UPS at Christmas, But FedEx Stumbles
CHICAGO — After two consecutive years of problems during its holiday peak package season, UPS delivered on time at Christmas this year, while its main rival, FedEx, had a last-minute stumble that left some gifts undelivered until after the holiday.
Amazon Using Pennsylvania Airport for Secret Pilot Program
Online retail behemoth Amazon.com is conducting a secret pilot program that could change the way it moves packages around the globe, and Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania is right in the middle of it.
2015 in Review: Top News Stories, Told in Photos
Technological advancements. Major business acquisitions. An electronic logging device mandate. The highway funding bill. As we look back at 2015, we tell each of those stories in a photo. Click here for the gallery.
December 30, 20152015 in Review: Top 10 Cartoons
As we close the door on the 2015 calendar year, we look back at our 10 favorite trucking cartoons of the year. Is your favorite among them?
December 30, 2015Highway Law, Acquisitions, Technology Highlight a Historic Year in Trucking
Historians may look back at 2015 as the most important year for the U.S. trucking industry since deregulation in 1980.
December 30, 2015Replay: LiveOnWeb Reviews 2015, Previews 2016
To close out 2015, Transport Topics' LiveOnWeb panel reflected on the major trucking stories of the year and peeked at the topics we'll be buzzing about in 2016. Mike Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, provided his analysis, and we took viewer questions. Watch the replay.
December 30, 2015Pep Boys Spurns Bridgestone, Agrees to Be Bought by Carl Icahn
Pep Boys has agreed to be acquired by Carl Icahn for more than $1 billion after Bridgestone Corp. backed down from a bidding war with the billionaire investor.
December 30, 2015Megaship Docks in L.A. as Change Roils Shipping Industry
The largest containership ever to arrive at a North American port is docked at the southern tip of Los Angeles, a sign of the rapid changes under way in the global shipping industry.
Virginia Tech to Lead FMCSA-Funded Flexible HOS Study
Virginia Tech, along with subcontractors from Washington State and SmartDrive, has been awarded a $2.5 million contract from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study a flexible hours-of-service safety provision that will allow longhaul truck drivers to split their required sleeper berth time into shorter periods.