31 Aug Diesel Jumps 1.5¢ After Hurricane Laura Ravages Gulf Region The price of diesel jumped by 1.5 cents nationwide to $2.441 a gallon, the Energy Information Administration reported Aug. 31, as much of the nation’s oil exploration and refining capacity was shut down because of two severe-weather events. Read more...
31 Aug Tesla, Apple Stocks Surge After Splits Become Effective Already plumped up by big rallies in 2020, stocks for Apple and Tesla popped again Aug. 31, surpassing record highs after the companies' stock splits took effect. Read more...
31 Aug Delta, American Join United in Dropping Most Change Fees for US Trips This could be the final boarding call for the $200 ticket-change fee that has enraged so many U.S. airline travelers over the past decade. Read more...
31 Aug Ford Ends Ventilator Production After Making 50,000 Ford is ending production of ventilators and returning the factory where they were built to full-time auto-parts output after completing delivering 50,000 ventilators to the government. Read more...
31 Aug Female Truckers Start Cross-Country Trip to Honor Women’s Suffrage WASHINGTON — A team of female truck drivers started a westward journey Aug. 31 to honor the legacy of the first woman who voted. Read more...
31 Aug Crossword Puzzle Solution for August 31, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the August 31, 2020 print edition. Read more...
31 Aug Amazon’s Boler Davis in Mix to Become First Black Logistics Chief When Alicia Boler Davis was elevated to Jeff Bezos’ vaunted S-Team leadership council earlier this month, she became the first Black executive to enter Amazon .com Inc.’s upper ranks — and a candidate to run the company’s far-flung logistics empire. Read more...
31 Aug Vast Grid Damage Will Leave Some Laura Victims in Dark for Weeks Parts of Louisiana will be without power for weeks after Hurricane Laura caused “catastrophic” damage to the region’s grid, mangling steel transmission towers and snapping utility poles as if they were twigs. Read more...
31 Aug Idelic Updates Suite of Safety Tools, Unveils Performance Dashboard Idelic, a data and analytics firm that focuses on crash prevention, announced the release of its next generation of fleet insight tools along with a new performance dashboard. Read more...
31 Aug Amazon’s Drone Delivery Fleet Hits Milestone With FAA Clearance Retail behemoth Amazon .com Inc. took a big leap toward delivering goods from the sky by becoming one of only a handful of companies certified by the U.S. government to operate as a drone airline. Read more...