05 Nov Seacoast Capital Invests $10 million in Deliver-It Capital investor Seacoast Capital has announced a $10 million investment in last-mile logistics company Deliver-It. Read more...
05 Nov Hepaco Acquires Trans Environmental Hepaco, a provider of environmental and emergency response services, has acquired Trans Environmental, according to an Oct. 22 press release. Read more...
05 Nov Pilot Flying J in Expansion, Charitable Modes as It Turns 60 Executives with Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, said the company is expanding related services such as urgent care centers and oil field trucking as it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. At the same time, the company is donating a total of $2 million to more than 20 organizations supporting military families and other community groups. Read more...
05 Nov Crossword Puzzle Solution November 5, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the November 5, 2018 print edition. Read more...
05 Nov Lowe’s Closes 51 Stores, Abandoning Smaller-Store Strategy Home-improvement retailer Lowe’s announced the closing of 51 underperforming stores Nov. 5, including two New York locations that the company hailed just three years ago as the way to win over city-dwellers. Read more...
05 Nov Boyd Bros. Opens Driving Academy Flatbed truckload carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation, headquartered in Clayton, Ala., opened a truck driving school Oct. 22. In a Nov. 1 press release, the company said Boyd Driving Academy would help students become safe and confident drivers upon graduation. Read more...
05 Nov Dresdner Robin Completes Work on $25 Million Baldor Foods Expansion Dresdner Robin, a Jersey City, N.J.-based land use consultancy, has finished work on a $25 million expansion at the Bronx headquarters of Baldor Specialty Foods. Read more...
05 Nov Transportation Tech Firm Cubic Adds Trafficware to Portfolio Transportation technology provider Cubic Corp. has acquired Sugar Land, Texas-based Trafficware for about $235.7 million in cash, according to an Oct. 24 statement. Read more...
05 Nov Connecticut Infrastructure Earns C- From ASCE Connecticut has earned a C- on the American Society of Civil Engineers’ most recent infrastructure report card. Read more...
05 Nov Services Firms’ Growth Slipped in October WASHINGTON — U.S. services firms expanded at a slightly slower rate in October, after achieving a record pace in September in a sign of the economy’s strength and endurance. Read more...