20 Apr Trump, Congress Near Deal on Small Business, Hospital Aid The Trump administration and Congress expect an agreement April 20 on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. Read more...
17 Apr Georgia Company Builds Hospital Rooms From Shipping Containers A company is adding more hospital beds for Georgia coronavirus patients one shipping container at a time. Read more...
17 Apr UPS Shipping First Ventilators From GM Facility to Hospitals UPS is shipping ventilators made in a General Motors facility to hospitals in the Chicago area. Read more...
17 Apr ARTBA Reports 231,000 Bridges Need Repairs Nearly 231,000 bridges require repairs with more than 46,000 bridges showing structural deficiencies, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Read more...
17 Apr Amazon Nudges Customers Away From Nonessential Items The pandemic has many of us acting in unusual ways, and the world’s largest e-commerce company is no exception: Amazon.com has begun discouraging users from buying things they don’t need. Read more...
17 Apr Convoy Underwrites Cost to Ship to Local Food Banks Digital freight broker Convoy announced it will pay the trucking costs for any food-producing business in the U.S. wanting to donate a truckload of product to a local food bank. Read more...
17 Apr Uber Withdraws Forecast, Will Write Down About $2 Billion Uber Technologies Inc. withdrew its financial guidance for 2020 and said it will write down about $2 billion in investments after the coronavirus pandemic upended the ride-hailing business. Read more...
17 Apr TravelCenters of America Announces 3,000 Furloughs TravelCenters of America Inc. announced it will furlough 2,900 field employees and 122 corporate employees in an effort to maintain its long-term success. Read more...
17 Apr TireHub Relocates Two Texas Facilities TireHub relocated two Texas logistics centers to provide expanded services and greater inventory, the company announced April 15. Read more...
17 Apr The Global Airline Shutdown Has a Surprise Victim: Gold Miners The collapse in commercial air travel amid global coronavirus restrictions has an unexpected casualty — gold miners looking to transport their metal to refineries. Read more...