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FedEx Lands at No. 9 on Fortune’s List of World’s Most Admired Companies

FedEx Lands at No. 9 on Fortune’s List of World’s Most Admired Companies

Wayne Risher | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
January 23, 2018
Business, Equipment, TCA

Want to Build Your Own Mack Anthem? You Can — on a Much Smaller Scale

Want an all-new Mack Anthem, without the six-figure price tag or commercial driver’s license needed to drive one? Well, you’re in luck.

Jon Harris | The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.)
January 23, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

Waymo to Begin Testing Driverless Cars in Atlanta

Waymo, the driverless car division owned by Google’s parent company, announced Jan. 22 that it will bring its test program to metro Atlanta.

Becca J. G. Godwin | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
January 23, 2018
Government, Business, TCA

Lawmakers Pushing Legislation to Save Union Pension Funds

A year ago, Teamsters Local 707 retirees suffered a fate that could soon hit hundreds of thousands of union workers: Their pension fund crashed.

Ginger Adams Otis | New York Daily News
January 23, 2018
Business, Logistics, TCA

E-Commerce Fuels Cargo Surge at Chicago Rockford International Airport

More than 1.3 billion pounds of cargo made its way through Chicago Rockford International Airport last year, a nearly 50% increase over 2016.

Isaac Guerrero | Rockford (Ill.) Register Star
January 22, 2018
Government, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

Stripes on California Highway to Pave Way for Self-Driving Vehicles

While it likely will be several more years before autonomous vehicles are common on North State roads, Interstate 5 could be a step closer to accommodating the vehicles by this spring.

Damon Arthur | Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight
January 22, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

California Gas Tax Repeal Headed for Ballot as Money About to Flow for Road Repairs

People rolled through Rock Auto in El Cajon, Calif., in droves this month to sign a petition to overturn Gov. Jerry Brown’s so-called gas tax.

Joshua Emerson Smith | The San Diego Union-Tribune
January 22, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Trucking Industry Concerned About NAFTA Ending

President Donald Trump has pledged to rework trade deals so they benefit domestic workers, but current efforts have sparked concern among industry groups, including trucking.

January 22, 2018
Business, Fuel, TCA

Pilot Flying J Sales Executive Testifies He Complained to Firm’s President About Fraud

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - When former Pilot Flying J sales executive Dan Peyton learned a trucking company had been defrauded by his colleagues, he told jurors Jan. 18 he dialed up the truck stop giant’s then-president.

Jamie Satterfield | Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel
January 19, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

San Francisco Self-Driving Car Startup Pony.ai Raises $112 Million

It’s a measure of the current frenzy surrounding self-driving cars that a year-old startup can haul in more than $100 million in its first fundraising round.

David R. Baker | Bloomberg News
January 18, 2018