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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

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Biden Urges CEOs to Improve Cybersecurity

President Joe Biden urged a group of CEOs to help improve cybersecurity across the nation’s critical infrastructure and economy, citing a lack of trained professionals to adequately protect the U.S.

August 26, 2021
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Supply Chain Bottlenecks Likely to Endure, Experts Say

Stifling supply chain bottlenecks are likely to remain — and possibly worsen — in the months ahead as consumers follow back-to-school purchases with end-of-year holiday shopping, according to experts who spoke with Transport Topics.

August 26, 2021
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Alphabet’s Wing Nears 100,000th Package Delivery

Alphabet Inc.’s Wing subsidiary is about to reach a milestone in the fledgling drone-delivery business: Any day now it will deliver its 100,000th package to a customer.

August 25, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

House Agrees to Infrastructure Bill Vote by Sept. 27

The U.S. House of Representatives scheduled consideration of a $1 trillion infrastructure measure by Sept. 27, a few days before funding authority for federal highway programs expires.

August 25, 2021
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Cruise Looks to Solar Panels to Power Self-Driving Cars

Cruise, the San Francisco autonomous car company backed by General Motors, is launching a new initiative to support renewable energy efforts in California’s Central Valley that takes advantage of solar power.

August 25, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Association Executives Examine Lawsuit Abuse, Other Issues at TAEC Conference

The Trucking Association Executives Council brought together more than 40 state association and conference executives during its annual summer meeting.

August 25, 2021
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GXO Survey Shows Pandemic Trends Have Accelerated Online Returns

GXO Logistics Chief Investment Officer Mark Manduca detailed Aug. 24 what is driving a rise in online returns and what that may mean for transportation.

August 25, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Hyzon Motors, Raven SR Partner on California Hydrogen Production

Fuel cell technology provider Hyzon Motors Inc. and renewable fuels company Raven SR Inc. announced their first waste-to-green hydrogen production hub.

August 25, 2021
BusinessSafety

More Companies, States Requiring Vaccines of Workers

Vaccine mandates are beginning a march across the U.S., constricting the places that people who have shunned the shots can work, shop and play.

August 25, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Jury Issues $1 Billion Verdict Against Two Carriers in Fatal Crash

A Nassau County, Fla., jury on Aug. 20 issued a total of $1 billion in monetary damages against two motor carriers that were declared negligent for their role in a pair of 2017 crashes on the same night and near the same location.

August 25, 2021