March Retail Sales Drop 1.1%
Retail sales fell 1.1% in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
April 14, 2009Business Inventories Fall 1.3% in February
Business inventories fell 1.3% in February, the sixth consecutive decline, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
April 14, 2009Producer Prices Decline 1.2%
Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 1.2% in March, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
April 14, 2009Dynamex Canada President Dies at 48
Dynamex Inc. said Monday that James Aitken, president of Dynamex Canada, died Sunday from complications following heart surgery.
April 13, 2009Obama Taps Md. Transportation Chief for DOT Deputy Secretary
President Obama will nominate John Porcari, Maryland Transportation Secretary as deputy secretary of the Department of Transportation, the No. 2 DOT job, the White House said.
April 13, 2009Mexico to Press Obama on Trucking Issue
Mexico’s president will urge President Obama at their meeting in Mexico this week to allow Mexican trucks to deliver goods inside the United States, Bloomberg reported Monday.
April 13, 2009YRC May Back Pensions with Real-Estate Portfolio
YRC Worldwide is in discussions with the Teamsters union to potentially allow the company to provide some of its real estate as collateral to back its pension obligations, Bloomberg reported Monday.
April 13, 2009Gasoline Gains 9.6¢ to $2.048 a Gallon
Gasoline’s national average price rose nearly a dime in the three weeks ended Friday to $2.048 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
April 13, 2009iTECH: Can Technology Lift the LTL Barrier?
Conga lines of idle trucks waiting to clear U.S. customs are daily a fact for trade traffic at America’s major border-crossing points, north and south.
April 13, 2009Opinion: With T&L 2.0, David Can Beat Goliath
Most Transport Topics readers have experienced the current downturn firsthand — dwindling freight demand, fluctuating fuel prices, clean-engine mandates and downward-spiraling leading indicators.
April 13, 2009