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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

Trucking Continues to Offer States Revenue Stability

One year since the COVID-19 pandemic caused vehicle travel and associated fuel tax revenue to plummet, recovery has been on a slow but positive trajectory.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 23, 2021
Business, Logistics

Amazon to Sell Deliveroo Stake of Up to $148 Million in IPO

Amazon .com Inc. could raise as much as $148 million (107 million pounds) by selling some of its stake in Deliveroo Holdings in the food-delivery startup’s London initial public offering.

Swetha Gopinath | Bloomberg News
March 23, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

FHWA Grants Will Support User-Based Funding Projects

The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded $18.7 million to eight projects that will test user-based funding methods.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
March 23, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Goodyear Notches Diagnostic Milestone

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced a milestone as its tire management tools inspected nearly 4 million tires over a year to help fleets identify potential tire issues and improve overall fleet operations, and identified nearly 400,000 potential tire issues.

March 23, 2021
Government, Business

Biden Starts Infrastructure Bet With US Far Behind China

President Joe Biden is betting that a multitrillion-dollar economic plan centered around infrastructure spending will do more than bolster an American economy hammered by the coronavirus pandemic: It will ensure his country’s competitiveness against China for decades to come.

March 23, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, Breaking News

February Tonnage Takes Winter Weather Hit

Severe winter weather took a toll on truck tonnage in February, according to American Trucking Associations.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 23, 2021
Business

Business-Spending Growth Key for US Economic Rebound

The velocity of the U.S. economy’s post-pandemic rebound hinges on more than just an increasingly capable consumer, and business spending appears poised to deliver its own boost.

March 23, 2021
Business

PGT Trucking Adds Two New Locations

PGT Trucking Inc. has opened a terminal in Phoenix and relocated one to Fort Smith, Ark., to support increased market demands in those regions.

March 23, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Chip Shortage Could Stall Volvo Truck Production Up to a Month

Volvo Group declined after the truck maker said it will have to suspend production across its operations because of the shortage of semiconductors that has disrupted the car industry for months.

Niclas Rolander | Bloomberg News
March 23, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla, Apple Trigger Wall Street Dreams of $3 Trillion Valuation

A growing chorus of Wall Street professionals is predicting that electric and autonomous vehicles sales will propel Tesla Inc. and Apple Inc. to $3 trillion each in market value by 2030.

Divya Balji | Bloomberg News
March 22, 2021