20 Apr With Truckers, Trump Pushes Big Infrastructure Funding President Donald Trump, while honoring the nation's truck drivers for their roles in the fight against COVID-19, also used the White House celebration to push for a major infrastructure package. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
20 Apr Oil Plunges Below Zero for First Time in Unprecedented Fall Of all the wild, unprecedented swings in financial markets since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, none has been more jaw-dropping than Monday’s collapse in a key segment of U.S. oil trading. Read more...
20 Apr Commercial Vehicle Production to Fall 20% Globally in 2020, IHS Forecasts Global commercial vehicle production will plunge 20% this year compared with 2019, with the North American market slumping more than 30%, according to an analysis from IHS Markit. Read more...
20 Apr JBS to Shut Down Minnesota Pork Plant After COVID-19 Outbreak JBS SA, the world’s top meat company, will shutter its pork processing facility in Minnesota following an outbreak of the coronavirus, adding to concerns that slaughterhouse logjams will tighten meat supplies for consumers. Read more...
20 Apr Wabash Announces Temporary Idling, Furlough Wabash National Corp. announced plans to implement a two-week idling of operations and companywide furlough from April 20 to May 3. Read more...
20 Apr Crossword Puzzle Solution for April 20, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the April 20, 2020 print edition. Read more...
20 Apr Phillips Industries Promotes Rob Phillips to CEO Phillips Industries announced Rob Phillips succeeded his father, Bob Phillips, as CEO, effective March 15. Read more...
20 Apr Greenbrier Suspends Railcar Operations at Oregon Facility The Greenbrier Cos. is cutting hundreds from its workforce and suspending railcar production at its Portland, Ore., facility due to the economic impact of the coronavirus, the company announced April 16. Read more...
20 Apr GM, Ford Credit Arms May Lose Billions on Used-Car Price Plunge General Motors Co.’s and Ford Motor Co.’s finance arms likely face multibillion-dollar losses linked to the dramatic drop in used vehicle prices, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts said. Read more...
20 Apr ASCE Releases Infrastructure Grades for Mississippi, Maryland Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the American Society of Civil Engineers virtually released infrastructure report cards for Mississippi and Maryland, both of which reflected improved overall scores. Read more...