01 Jun Walmart Recognizes Baylor Trucking as Diversity Carrier of the Year Baylor Trucking was recognized by Walmart as the 2021 Diversity Carrier of the Year, the family-owned truckload carrier announced last month. Read more...
01 Jun Meat Plant Shutdowns Spreading After Cyberattack on JBS A cyberattack on JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, has forced the shutdown of some of the largest slaughterhouses globally, and there are signs that the closures are spreading. Read more...
01 Jun Cargill Backs Cow Masks to Trap Methane Burps Agriculture giant Cargill Inc. will start selling methane-absorbing wearable devices for cows, putting its support behind an experimental technology that could help the industry cut greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...
01 Jun IEA Says Oil Demand May Return to Pre-Crisis Levels in a Year Global oil demand may rebound to levels seen before the pandemic in a year, the International Energy Agency said, signaling a speedier recovery than its previous estimates. Read more...
01 Jun Volvo, Albertsons Complete First Zero-Emission Frozen Food Shipment Albertsons Cos. completed the nation’s first delivery of a refrigerated grocery load with zero-tailpipe emissions technology by deploying a Volvo electric truck and an Advanced Energy Machines electric trailer. Read more...
01 Jun Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it’s not enough. Read more...
01 Jun Daimler, Nokia Settle Mobile Tech War That Threatened Car Sales Daimler AG and Nokia Oyj settled their dispute over the licensing of wireless technology patents in cars, ending a legal battle that has been watched beyond the auto industry and initially threatened sales of the iconic Mercedes brand in its home country. Read more...
01 Jun Biden, Capito to Meet as Infrastructure Deadline Looms WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to meet June 2 with West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House’s big investment proposal and top legislative priority. Read more...
01 Jun Global EV Battery Sales Surge as Demand for Clean Cars Booms Global electric-vehicle battery sales more than doubled in the first four months of the year as the switch to environmentally friendly cars gathers pace. Read more...
01 Jun Crossword Puzzle Solution for May 31, 2021 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the May 31, 2021 print edition. Read more...