23 Aug In Driver Recruiting, AI Gets Real While the wonders of artificial intelligence often are hyped beyond recognition, AI-powered recruitment software actually is offering real advantages to trucking companies. Read more...
23 Aug Elon Musk Hires Morgan Stanley to Potentially Help Take Tesla Private Elon Musk has hired Morgan Stanley to assist him in his potential bid to take Tesla Inc. private, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read more...
23 Aug Colorado Transportation Bond Proposal Qualifies for November Ballot The “Fix Our Damn Roads” proposal to sell $3.5 billion in bonds to finance state road and bridge projects has made the ballot, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced Aug. 22. Read more...
23 Aug Ducker Departs, but He’ll Be Remembered as a Force for FedEx MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After 43 years, FedEx Freight CEO Michael Ducker finally has retired. Sort of. Read more...
23 Aug Editorial: Shining the Spotlight on Safety The job of the truck driver is not an easy one. Read more...
23 Aug US, China Raise Tariffs in New Round of Trade Dispute BEIJING — The United States and China went ahead with tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other’s automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Aug. 23 in an escalation of a battle over Beijing’s technology policy that companies worry will chill global economic growth. Read more...
23 Aug Georgia’s New Inland Port Terminal Opens for Business The Georgia Ports Authority celebrated the official opening of the Appalachian Regional Port in northwest Georgia on Aug. 22. Read more...
23 Aug Driverless Startup Zoox Suddenly Removes CEO Zoox Inc., an autonomous driving startup recently valued at $3.2 billion, has dismissed its chief executive officer, Tim Kentley-Klay, after closing a massive financing round in July. Read more...
23 Aug World’s Biggest Shipping Firm Maersk to Test Russian Arctic Route COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said Aug. 23 it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice. Read more...
23 Aug Jobless Claims Fall for Third Week in Tight US Labor Market U.S. filings for unemployment benefits fell for a third week and remain near the lowest in almost five decades, indicating a tight job market, Labor Department figures showed Aug. 23. Read more...