10 Dec Capitol Agenda for the Week of Dec. 10: Just in Time for the Holidays Ahead of the Dec. 11 announcement of the next BUILD grant recipients, a few members of Congress have alerted the public about extra funds headed to their districts to help alleviate the cost of infrastructure projects. Read more...
10 Dec Crossword Puzzle Solution December 10, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the December 10, 2018 print edition. Read more...
10 Dec Solar Power Installation by Trillium Prepares the Way for EV Charging Trillium announced it has completed its first solar installation at the Love’s Travel Stop in Santa Nella, Calif., that is expected to offset 53% of the travel stop’s energy consumption and support an electric vehicle charging station there. Read more...
10 Dec Meritor Extends Relationship With Wabash Meritor Inc. announced products that have been selected as standard position as well as preferred options on all Wabash National Corp. dry and refrigerated van trailer products. Meritor has been a supplier to Wabash for 30 years. Read more...
10 Dec ASCE Gives Montana Infrastructure a C The American Society of Civil Engineers gave Montana a C for its overall infrastructure grade, a slight improvement from the C- the state earned on its last scorecard. Read more...
10 Dec Geek+ Completes $150 Million Series B Funding Round Geek+, an artificial intelligence and robotics company, has closed a $150 million Series B financing round, according to a Nov. 21 press release. Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus led the round. Read more...
10 Dec Construction Supply Group Acquires Three Companies Construction Supply Group, a distributor of specialty construction materials, accessories and tools, has acquired All-Tex Supply, Masonpro Inc. and Titan Construction Supply. The additions will help to expand the company’s presence in the Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan and Nevada markets. Read more...
10 Dec Consumer Sentiment Tops Estimates While Outlook Slips U.S. consumer sentiment exceeded analyst estimates as low unemployment and growing incomes kept Americans in an upbeat mood, though the outlook soured amid concern that the labor market will soften. Read more...
10 Dec Louisiana Offshore Port Ships Most Oil Ever on Supertankers The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is pushing out the most crude it’s shipped in any one month since the terminal began supertanker exports in February. Read more...
10 Dec Elon Musk Says Tesla Might Be Interested in Buying GM Plants Elon Musk is sizing up General Motors' recently idled plants. The tech billionaire said in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that it’s “possible that [Tesla] would be open” to taking over automakers’ old plants, including factories GM recently has slated for closure. Read more...