19 Oct California GOP Rallies Around Measure to Repeal New State Gas Tax Organizers of a campaign to qualify a ballot measure that would repeal the state’s gas tax and new vehicle fees unveiled their growing coalition Oct. 18 at the state Republican Party headquarters, where GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox said he will make a “substantial” donation to the effort. Read more...
19 Oct Economic Expectations Sour in October; Weekly Comfort Rises Americans grew more pessimistic this month about the direction of the economy, though a measure of consumer sentiment rose in the most recent week, Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index figures showed Oct. 19. Read more...
19 Oct Fewest Jobless Claims Since 1973 Show Firm Job Market Filings for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level since 1973 as workers affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma continued to return to their jobs, Labor Department figures showed Oct. 19. Read more...
18 Oct Freight Firms Report Progress in Puerto Rico The distribution of essential supplies and recovery kits is occurring in higher volumes, helping to improve conditions in Puerto Rico, according to two freight firms with operations in the U.S. territory. Read more...
18 Oct How Trump Getting His Way on NAFTA Would Reshape the Auto Sector Mexico, Canada and the U.S. are at loggerheads after the latest round of NAFTA negotiations, with America’s neighbors rejecting hard-line proposals by the Trump administration that risk throwing automotive trade on the continent into disarray. Read more...
18 Oct Alphabet to Pack its Digital City With Autonomous Delivery Vans Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous vehicle technology will be a big part of its Toronto project to make urban life more Googley. Read more...
18 Oct Idaho’s Recently Approved Millions Will Widen I-84 Near Boise The Idaho Transportation Department is using recently approved funds to widen the portion of Interstate 84 that runs through Nampa, a city about 20 miles west of Boise that has seen increased traffic in recent years. Read more...
18 Oct Medium-Duty Sales Ride Classes 4-5 to Gains in September Sales of medium-duty trucks rose 5.8% in September, led by sales of trucks in two of the lightest classes, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
18 Oct NAFTA Deadlock Dashes Hopes for a Quick Deal NAFTA talks are switching gears and slowing down as key obstacles emerge, with Canada and Mexico rejecting what they see as hard-line U.S. proposals and negotiators exchanging their strongest public barbs yet. Read more...
18 Oct CSX Treads Water in 3Q After Turbulent Summer The freight railroad industry began the earnings season on a positive note. CSX Corp. scratched out a small win and Canadian Pacific Railway easily surpassed year-ago levels as the industry continues to rebound in 2017. Read more...