01 Feb Trump Donates $10,000 to Rural Illinois FedEx Driver A 24-year-old FedEx delivery driver from a rural Illinois town received the donation of a lifetime Jan. 30 - from President Trump, The Washington Post reports. Read more...
01 Feb Manufacturing Accelerates for a Fifth Straight Month Manufacturing growth accelerated in January for a fifth consecutive month on stronger orders and production that signal America's factories are rebounding. Read more...
01 Feb FedEx Pushes for Infrastructure Fix as Trump Weighs Investment The growth of e-commerce is putting enormous new demands on U.S. highways, airports and other infrastructure, which must be modernized with sustainable funding, FedEx Corp. Chairman and CEO Frederick Smith said. Read more...
01 Feb Michelin to Raise Tire Prices Up to 8% Michelin North America announced price increases in North America of up to 8% for heavy-duty truck tires and others it sells, adding it would roll out the exact increases separately. Read more...
01 Feb Companies in US Added Most Workers in Seven Months, ADP Says Companies last month added the most workers to payrolls since June on pickups in services and manufacturing jobs, data from the ADP Research Institute in Roseland, New Jersey, showed Feb. 1. Read more...