06 Apr Consumer Credit in US Rises by Lowest Amount in Five Months U.S. consumer debt rose in February by the least in five months as credit card balances stalled, indicating Americans’ appetite for borrowing waned further after a fourth- quarter shopping spree. Read more...
06 Apr Manufacturers Add 22,000 Jobs in March President Donald Trump argues that he’s getting tough on China’s trade practices to keep domestic manufacturers from dying. One hole in that argument: American factories are coming back to life on their own. Read more...
06 Apr FedEx Plane Becomes Learning Tool for College Students in Dayton An airplane given to the Beavercreek City Schools by FedEx Express now will be used by Sinclair College students after the Greene County district found it would cost nearly $4 million to move and rehabilitate the plane. Read more...
06 Apr Payrolls Rise Below-Forecast 103,000 as Wages Pick Up U.S. hiring cooled in March after a strong February while wages picked up, returning labor-market progress to a more sustainable pace that keeps the Federal Reserve on track for further interest-rate increases. Read more...
06 Apr Opinion: Driverless Cars May Make Traffic Worse, Not Better One of the more puzzling questions arising from the revolution in autonomous vehicles and on-demand services is what impact it will all have on cities. Read more...
06 Apr CSX to Purchase Collision Avoidance System Freight rail company CSX Corp. is ordering the Protran Technology Collision Avoidance System to be installed on several hundred of its railway track maintenance machines, and eventually onto its entire fleet. Read more...
06 Apr TFI Buys Normandin Transit TFI International purchased Normandin Transit, a provider of less-than-truckload and truckload freight services in the United States and Canada. Read more...
06 Apr Chao to Defend Fiscal 2019 Budget Request at House Hearing April 12 The country’s top transportation officer is scheduled to defend President Donald Trump’s request to reduce the U.S. Department of Transportation’s discretionary budget by 19% when she testifies before a House panel April 12. Read more...
06 Apr NAFTA Trio Meets Amid Growing Optimism for Deal Senior ministers from the three NAFTA countries are gathering in Washington amid growing signs of optimism that they could find common ground on the toughest issues. Read more...
06 Apr Trump Says He’ll Take ‘Very Serious Look’ at Amazon’s Business President Donald Trump said he will take a “very serious look” at Amazon and what he said is an “uneven playing field” the retailer enjoys against competitors. Read more...