22 Jul Crossword Puzzle Solution July 22, 2019 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the July 22, 2019 print edition. Read more...
22 Jul Comcar Industries Looks to Hire Former LME Drivers Two weeks after LME Inc. abruptly shut down its trucking operations in the Upper Midwest, leaving several hundred employees, including drivers, without jobs, another trucking company is looking to hire those drivers. Read more...
22 Jul Halliburton Cuts Fracking Jobs, Gear in US, Canada Halliburton Co. is shifting strategy in its largest region to deal with subdued customer spending by trimming 8% of its North American workforce and shelving unused frack gear. Read more...
22 Jul AASHTO Announces FHWA’s Brandye Hendrickson as New Deputy Director Brandye Hendrickson, deputy administrator at the Federal Highway Administration, will be leaving her post and joining the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Read more...
22 Jul Kroger Goes Full Robot to Take On Amazon With Ocado Kroger has unleashed a flurry of initiatives to ensure it won’t get thumped in a post-Amazon-buying-Whole-Foods world, but its biggest gamble is a partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group to build as many as 20 automated grocery warehouses in the United States. Read more...
22 Jul New Square Service Uses Robot Photographer to Snap Products A new service developed by Square Inc. is offering robotic product-photography. It will charge about $10 plus shipping for customers to send a product weighing less than 20 pounds to the Brooklyn studio and within two weeks, receive three digital photos from different angles. Read more...
19 Jul Wabco Reports 2Q Declines in Net Income, Revenue Wabco Holdings Inc. reported lower net income and revenue in the second quarter as global economic growth slowed in key regions, including its primary market — Europe. Read more...
19 Jul Erich Jaeger USA Launches New Product Line Erich Jaeger USA Inc. introduced its Jaeger Expert line of products for tractor and trailer connections aimed at the North American heavy-duty market, including equipment manufacturers, fleets and owner-operators. Read more...
19 Jul West Michigan International and Idealease of West Michigan Add Service Facility West Michigan International and Idealease of West Michigan recently opened a 56,000-square-foot facility in Kalamazoo. Read more...
19 Jul Fleet Complete Offers Cummins' Connected Diagnostics Fleet Complete announced a collaboration with Cummins Inc. to provide the Cummins Connected Diagnostics application to customers using the Fleet Complete internet of things platform who have Cummins engines in their vehicles. Read more...