09 Oct Belgian Mail Carrier Bpost to Buy Amazon Rival Radial for $820 Million Bpost SA, the European mail carrier controlled by the Belgian state, agreed to buy former eBay Inc. enterprise unit Radial to bolster its U.S. delivery services. Read more...
09 Oct Utah Truck Climbing Lane Will Reduce Congestion, Improve Safety, Drivers Say The Federal Highway Administration opened a period of public comment for a truck-climbing lane in Utah, according to a notice published Oct. 6 in the Federal Register. Read more...
09 Oct GM Buys Lidar Startup Strobe to Accelerate Self-Driving Cars General Motors announced Oct. 9 that it is buying Strobe, a Pasadena startup that makes lidar, a laser-based sensor that most autonomous vehicles use to see the world around them. Read more...
09 Oct TMC Workforce Expands Supply Chain Business With Purchase of Summitline Industries TMC Workforce Solutions, a national staffing and recruiting firm based in Houston, announced it has acquired Summitline Industries in Fort Wayne, Ind., as part of an effort to expand its supply chain support business. Read more...
09 Oct Craig Schneider Takes Over as President, Firestone Industrial Products Firestone Industrial Products has named Craig Schneider president. Read more...
09 Oct Crossword Puzzle Solution October 9, 2017 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the October 9, 2017 print edition. Read more...
09 Oct Marmon-Herrington Introduces Third-Generation Safe Shift System Marmon-Herrington released its third-generation Safe Shift all-wheel drive protection system for commercial vehicles. Read more...
09 Oct Orbcomm Bolsters Freight Telematics Business With Purchase of Blue Tree Systems Orbcomm Inc. moved to fortify its global freight telematics service with the purchase of Blue Tree Systems Limited International, a company based in Galway, Ireland, but with extensive business in the United States, Germany and France. Read more...
09 Oct California Republicans Spot Political Opportunity in Fight for Repeal of New Gas, Diesel Tax Just weeks before it takes effect, California’s new gas tax increase is again under attack, with Republicans mounting a growing campaign against the higher levies. Read more...
09 Oct FedEx Office Expands Same-Day Service FedEx Office, a provider of same-day deliveries, expanded its FedEx SameDay City service to 1,800 cities within 30 regional markets. Read more...