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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.

GovernmentBusiness

Yellen Favors Higher Company Tax

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said President Joe Biden favors boosting taxes on companies, and signaled openness to considering raising rates on capital gains, while steering clear of a wealth levy.

February 22, 2021
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Haldex Posts Net Loss in Q4 Amid Positive Signs

Haldex reported a 13% drop in fourth-quarter revenue as well as a net loss that was less steep, compared with a year earlier, as sales to truck makers declined.

February 22, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Biden Gives Small Firms Exclusive Two-Week Access to PPP

President Joe Biden said his administration is seeking to help small businesses by giving them exclusive access to the Paycheck Protection Program for two weeks, and he called on lawmakers to pass his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to provide additional assistance.

February 22, 2021
BusinessFuel

Experts Warn of Spiking DEF Prices

Prices for the diesel exhaust fluid that is a vital component of emissions systems on newer trucks are rising as costs for urea — a core DEF ingredient — have jumped.

February 22, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Mississippi’s I-20 Bridge Project On Track Despite Weather

Mississippi Department of Transportation crews are pressing on with work to replace a bridge carrying Interstate 20 through the state capital.

February 22, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Xos to Go Public and Expand Battery-Electric Vehicle Production

Xos Inc., a 5-year-old truck maker focused on delivering battery-electric commercial vehicles in Classes 5-8, announced a definitive agreement to go public through a business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company based in Boca Raton, Fla.

February 22, 2021
BusinessSafety

ATA Launches Efforts to Help Texans Battered by Storm

American Trucking Associations has launched a relief effort aimed at helping those in Texas and Louisiana impacted by the recent deadly snowstorm.

February 22, 2021
BusinessLogisticsTop 50

Kuehne + Nagel Buys Apex Logistics in $1.5 Billion Deal

Kuehne + Nagel International AG has agreed to acquire Apex International Corp. in a deal that values the freight forwarder at about $1.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

February 22, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Lucid Motors Reportedly Near Deal to Go Public

Lucid Motors Inc. is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check company started by investment banker Michael Klein that could be announced early this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

February 22, 2021
BusinessEquipment

Goodyear Acquires Cooper in All-American Tire Deal

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is acquiring Cooper in a deal with an equity value of $2.8 billion that will combine the two century-old Ohio manufacturers.

February 22, 2021