17 Dec Average Price of Diesel Drops 4¢ to $3.121 a Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 4 cents to $3.121 a gallon, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Dec. 17, as crude oil prices dropped below $50 per barrel. Read more...
17 Dec Capitol Agenda for the Week of Dec. 17: Thanks for the Memories, 2018 With the end of the year finally upon us, we take a page from late-night TV host Jimmy Fallon and fill out a few ‘thank you’ notes. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
17 Dec Homebuilder Sentiment Tumbles to Weakest in Three Years Sentiment among U.S. homebuilders fell in December to the lowest level since 2015, missing all forecasts and signaling that the industry’s struggles are intensifying amid elevated prices and higher borrowing costs. Read more...
17 Dec Crossword Puzzle Solution December 17, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the December 17, 2018 print edition. Read more...
17 Dec Nissan Holds Off on Picking Ghosn Successor as Tensions Brew Nissan Motor Co. will split chairman duties among its executives, putting the brakes on naming a successor to Carlos Ghosn as the pay scandal that landed the high-flying executive in a Tokyo jail widens to include the automaker itself. Read more...
17 Dec Amazon Thrives on FedEx Delivery Model, but Driver Pay Challenges Persist Five years on, Amazon.com Inc.’s chief executive officer is betting on decidedly more terrestrial technology: Drivers. As in real people. Tens of thousands of them. High-tailing it through town in gas-slurping vans to leave packages on doorsteps just like the milkman, postal worker, UPS guy and pizza dude before them. Read more...
17 Dec Oil Gains Near $52 as OPEC Cuts Weighed Against US Supply Rise Oil was boosted to near $52 a barrel by a weak U.S. dollar while investors weighed if OPEC and its allies can successfully re-balance the market. Read more...
15 Dec 2018 Wreaths Across America Honors Fallen Soldiers for 27th Year ARLINGTON, Va. — With the help of ATA Share the Road drivers and thousands of volunteers, more than 250,000 wreaths were delivered and laid on headstones the morning of Dec. 15 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. See photos. Read more...
14 Dec Werner Driver Quinton Ward Wins Driving for Excellence Award Quinton Ward of New Orleans, who served five years in the U.S. Army until he was injured and received an Honorable Discharge, is the winner of the 2018 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes Program. Read more...
14 Dec Trailers Maintain Record-Setting Pace in November Trailer orders in November were the all-time record for the month as they surged to 43,600, according to ACT Research Co., citing preliminary data. Read more...