24 Jun US Jobless Claims Tick Down to 411,000 as Economy Heals The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped in the week ended June 19, a sign that layoffs declined and the job market is improving. Read more...
23 Jun Senators Bringing Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal to Biden Today WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators reached a tentative framework on a $953 billion infrastructure deal June 23 ahead of a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. Read more...
23 Jun Trucking Lawyers Should Share Defense Strategies, Author and Noted Attorney Says For more than a year, prominent San Diego defense attorney Robert Tyson has been scolding his colleagues for not sharing trial defense strategies to beat plaintiff attorneys in the nation’s courtrooms. Here are his tactics for winning in court. Read more...
23 Jun Some Used Vehicles Now Cost More Than Original Sticker Price When it was new, the window sticker price on a typical 2019 Toyota Tacoma SR double cab pickup was just under $29,000. Two years later, dealers are paying almost $1,000 more than that to buy the same vehicle, even though it’s used. Read more...
23 Jun FET on Heavy-Duty Trucks Deters Sales, ATD Says Industry-led attempts to repeal the 12% federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks, which also covers trailers more than 26,000 pounds, went — yet again — to Capitol Hill. Read more...
23 Jun Proterra Eyes US Battery-Cell Facility Within Next Few Years Proterra Inc., the electric-bus and battery maker that joined the Nasdaq Global Select Market, is planning a domestic battery-cell manufacturing facility within the next few years. Read more...
23 Jun US June Manufacturing Index at Record High, Services Dip A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in June at the fastest pace in records dating back to 2007, fueled by easing pandemic restrictions and a strengthening domestic economy. Read more...
23 Jun Nikola Invests in Midwestern Hydrogen Plant Zero-emission truck builder Nikola Corp. has invested $50 million in cash and stock in Wabash Valley Resources in exchange for a 20% equity interest in the clean hydrogen production project WVR is developing in West Terre Haute, Ind. Read more...
23 Jun Suez Canal, Ever Given Ship Owners Reach Compensation Deal Egyptian officials and owners of the giant Ever Given vessel that blocked the Suez Canal earlier this year have reached a preliminary deal over compensation, according to the ship’s representatives. Read more...
23 Jun Does Your Business Belong on our List of Top 100 Private Carriers? Think your company deserves a spot on our prestigious 2021 Private Carriers rankings? Or perhaps on one of our sector lists? Read more...