Amazon Plans $255 Million Connecticut Fulfillment Center
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is planning to build an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center on the former Pratt & Whitney site in North Haven, Conn., Gov. Dannel Malloy announced June 8. The move is expected to add 1,800 jobs.
June 9, 2017Building a Sustainable ‘Highway of the Future’
WEST POINT, Ga. — Just past the Alabama border, in a bit of rural Georgia filled with manufacturing plants and distribution warehouses, there's an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 where new technologies are being tested for what could be a green highway of the future.
June 8, 2017Amazon to Hire 1,500 for New Oregon Fulfillment Center
Amazon will create 1,500 full-time jobs when it opens its fulfillment center next summer in Troutdale, the online retailer confirmed June 7.
June 8, 2017Navistar to Lay Off More Than 80 Ohio Workers
Navistar will lay off more than 80 workers at its Ohio Truck Specialty Center in Springfield, Ohio, beginning in early August, according to a notice the truck manufacturer filed with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
June 7, 2017UPS to Hire Hundreds in Washington for Massive New Warehouse
As many as 1,200 new jobs could come to Tacoma when UPS Inc. moves into a large warehouse on the Tacoma Tideflats.
June 7, 2017N.C. Community College Offering Trucking Operations Management Certificate to Meet Local Demand
The need to replenish employees in the trucking industry is a constant with more than 16,000 trucking companies located in North Carolina, which is why Surry Community College is offering a new Trucking Operations Management certificate in fall 2017.
June 7, 2017Connecticut Tolls Bill Left for Dead, This Year
A controversial bill on highway tolls was pulled from consideration on June 6, seconds before it would have been defeated on the House floor. It is likely to be dead for the year.
June 7, 2017Proposed New Mexico Gas Tax to Be Used Solely for Roadwork
Responding to concerns that money from a proposed 2-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax increase would be used for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, city councilors on June 5 amended the proposal to bar that from happening.
June 7, 2017New Daimler Trucks CEO on the Company's Future in Portland, Autonomous Vehicles
Less than a decade ago, Portland, Ore.-based Freightliner appeared to have one foot out the door. The storied maker of big rigs changed its name to Daimler Trucks North America, then announced it would move hundreds of headquarters jobs to North Carolina.
June 5, 2017As More Robots Join the Workforce, Some Say It Could Bring an 'Upswing in Jobs'
Robots have made headlines recently for what they can do — make pizzas, climb Jimmy Fallon's leg, say a prayer for you — and for what people fear they will do: take our jobs.
June 5, 2017