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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.

Government, Business

Trade Gap Narrows to Smallest in Five Months

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in August to the smallest in five months, helped by a larger services surplus and a pickup in merchandise exports.

Mark Niquette | Bloomberg News
October 8, 2024
Business, Private

PepsiCo Lowers Revenue Forecast as Sales Growth Weakens

PepsiCo lowered its organic revenue forecast for the year after U.S. consumers continued to pull back on buying its snacks and drinks.

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
October 8, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, For-Hire

J.B. Hunt to Back Freight, Logistics Startup Incubator

The venture aims to launch up to six startups over the next three years, beginning in 2025, to address core strategic challenges within the transportation industry.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 8, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Hurricane Milton Takes Aim at Tampa Bay as Category 4 Storm

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton weakened slightly but remained a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on the populous Tampa Bay region with towering storm surges.

Terry Spencer and Haven Daly | Associated Press
October 8, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Rivian Faces Delays, Cuts Production After Supplier Misstep

Rivian miscalculated when communicating supply and demand needs with Essex, its sole supplier of what are essentially copper wires that carry the electric current inside EV motors.

Ed Ludlow and Kiel Porter | Bloomberg News
October 7, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Hurricane Milton Is Now a Disastrous Category 5 Storm

This makes Milton one of the most powerful storms produced in the Atlantic this year, rivaled only by Hurricane Beryl, which raked Texas, Mexico and the Caribbean in July.

Brian K. Sullivan | Bloomberg News
October 7, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

WYDOT Rolls Out Web-Based Permitting for Heavy Loads

Launched on Oct. 1, the ProMiles commercial web-based system streamlines the administration of self-issued permits while maintaining existing state permit requirements.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 7, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

Production Begins at Hyundai’s $7.6 Billion EV Factory

Hyundai has begun electric vehicle manufacturing at its new factory near Savannah, Ga., a major milestone in Georgia’s emergence as an EV hub.

Adam Van Brimmer | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 7, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, TCA

Rivian Seeks Federal Loan to Restart EV Plant Construction

New documents show Rivian has applied for a federal loan to help finance the $5 billion electric vehicle factory it plans to build an hour east of Atlanta.

Drew Kann and Zachary Hansen | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 7, 2024
Business, Technology

Lucid’s Quarterly Production Falls, Missing Estimates

Lucid Group Inc.’s electric vehicle production dropped in the third quarter and missed analysts’ forecasts, even as deliveries exceeded expectations.

Kara Carlson | Bloomberg News
October 7, 2024