07 Feb USA Truck Losses in Fourth Quarter 'Unacceptable,' New CEO Says USA Truck Inc. lost money in the fourth quarter and for the full year in 2016, results that newly installed CEO James Reed criticized in a blunt assessment of the overall performance over the past 12 months. Read more...
07 Feb The $15 Million Flying J Party Mansion Up For Sale In the early 1990s, Tamra Call and her husband, O. Jay Call, began to look for a vacation property that they could develop and eventually retire on. Read more...
07 Feb Capitol Agenda for the Week of Feb. 6: The State of the State Fuel Tax A growing number of governors are signaling support for increasing taxes on gas and diesel fuel because they no longer find Congress to be a reliable funding partner for infrastructure. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
07 Feb FedEx Freight Expands in Kentucky With New Complex FedEx Freight is stepping up its presence in Lexington, Kentucky, although the company won't say by how much. Read more...
07 Feb US Trade Gap Widens in 2016 as Exports, Imports Both Shrink The U.S. trade deficit widened in 2016 to the biggest since 2012 as exports fell more than imports, though a narrowing gap in December suggests demand is stabilizing overseas for American goods. Read more...
06 Feb Diesel Creeps Lower Again, Falling 0.4¢ to $2.558 The U.S. average retail price of diesel fell 0.4 cent to $2.558 a gallon as crude oil prices were buffeted by a strong dollar and settled at about $53 a barrel while U.S. rig counts continued to rise, analysts said. Read more...
06 Feb YRC Worldwide Loses $7.8 Million in Fourth Quarter YRC Worldwide Inc. posted a net loss of $7.8 million in the fourth quarter, better than $23.5 million in the red from the same period in 2015, but the carrier still fell short of industry analysts' expectations. Read more...
06 Feb Here Comes the Economic Growth That Confidence Data's Predicting It turns out businesses and consumers have reason to be confident economic growth is about to pick up. But it's not because of President Donald Trump's policy prescriptions. Read more...
06 Feb Pelosi Says Democrats Willing to Work With Trump on Infrastructure House Democrats could find common ground with President Trump on infrastructure as long as the president unveils a "real infrastructure" bill, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Meet the Press on Feb. 5. Read more...
06 Feb Delaware River Bridge to Stay Closed at Least Into April The Delaware River Bridge, which connects New Jersey and Pennsylvania and has been closed since inspectors found a crack in a supporting truss on Jan. 20, will remain closed a minimum of eight more weeks. Read more...