24 Dec 2018 Diesel Prices Stay Consistent Around $3 a Gallon Diesel prices started off 2018 low, but as the year comes to a close, the average price of diesel is more than 20 cents higher than in 2017. Read more...
24 Dec Crossword Puzzle Solution December 24, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the December 24, 2018 print edition. Read more...
22 Dec Uber Puts First Self-Driving Car Back on the Road Since Death Uber Technologies Inc., which halted its self-driving car program after the death of a pedestrian in March, resumed testing of self-driving cars on public roads in Pittsburgh on Dec. 20, the company said. Read more...
22 Dec Stalemate Results in Partial Government Shutdown The federal government has partially shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a spending bill because of an impasse with President Donald Trump over his demands to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more...
21 Dec FMCSA Agrees to Pre-empt California Meal-and-Rest-Break Rules The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Dec. 21 determined that federal rest-break laws pre-empt California’s separate meal-and-rest-break requirements, handing a victory to trucking industry groups. Read more...
21 Dec Drone Industry Fears Political Attack After Gatwick Shutdown Analysts and executives are concerned that political reaction may hinder the rapid growth of the drone industry after travel was disrupted at London’s Gatwick Airport for nearly two days before police arrested two people in a nearby town. Read more...
21 Dec Levandowski Launches New Venture Pronto to Offer Level 2 Automation to Class 8 Truckers Autonomous vehicle pioneer Anthony Levandowski has formed a new software company called Pronto. Its first aftermarket product, CoPilot, provides camera-based self-driving technology for the Class 8 market. Read more...
21 Dec Marangoni Tread North America Announces Tennessee Plant Expansion Marangoni Tread North America, a full-service retread products supplier, announced it had begun expanding its tread manufacturing plant in Tennessee. Read more...
21 Dec Factories Lead Canada’s Fastest Economic Growth in Five Months Canadian gross domestic product grew at the fastest pace in five months on a lift from manufacturing, while oil made an unexpected contribution as prices began to fall for Alberta crude. Read more...
21 Dec Consumer Spending Tops Forecasts as Inflation Data Mixed U.S. consumer spending rose more than forecast in November and the prior month was revised higher, a sign the biggest part of the economy is again poised to drive growth this quarter. An underlying inflation gauge watched by the Federal Reserve showed a slight pickup. Read more...