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Penske Announces Fleet Upgrade Leasing Program

Penske Truck Leasing launched a program that lets carriers sell their old trucks so they can lease a new one, the company announced Dec. 7.

December 7, 2020
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Luminar Technologies More Than Doubles Post SPAC Merger

Peter Thiel-backed Luminar Technologies Inc. briefly touched an all-time high within days of emerging as a stand-alone company as investor excitement over developers of laser sensors that enable autonomous driving ramped up.

December 7, 2020
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Arkansas’ Mobile Job Simulator Promotes Industry

Be Pro, Be Proud, a workforce development initiative, puts students behind the wheel of a truck driving simulator inside a tractor-trailer.

December 7, 2020
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Majority of Business Economists Now See Full Recovery by End of 2021, Survey Says

The U.S. economy’s growth is likely slowing as 2020 comes to a close, but a growing number of economists expect it to claw back to its pre-pandemic strength by the second half of next year as vaccines for the coronavirus become widely distributed.

December 7, 2020
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Missouri Lawmakers May Ask Voters to Raise Gas Tax in 2021

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two years after Missouri voters decisively rejected a proposal to raise Missouri’s gasoline tax, the leader of the Senate wants a do-over.

December 7, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Details of $908 Billion US Pandemic Relief Plan Set for Release

Bipartisan negotiators on a $908 billion pandemic relief package are planning to unveil more details of their proposal Dec. 7, aiming to settle on language that can satisfy enough Republicans and Democrats to secure passage of one final tranche of COVID-19 aid before Congress breaks for the year.

December 7, 2020
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Oil Slips From Nine-Month High With Markets in Risk-Off Mode

Oil fell from its strongest close in nine months, hampered by weaker risk sentiment in global markets.

December 7, 2020
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Truckers Confront Risk Factors for Diabetes

About nine years ago, California-based longhaul truck driver Richard Hall was in for a big surprise when he got his first Department of Transportation medical exam.

December 4, 2020
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California Commission Approves $2 Billion in Infrastructure Projects

The California Transportation Commission has approved $2 billion for 56 new projects, some of which aim to improve the movement of goods and reduce congestion.

December 4, 2020
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JBS Sends Thousands of Meat Workers °®¶¹´«Ã½ During COVID Surge

A surge in COVID-19 cases is starting to impact American meat-processing operations in another potential threat to food supply chains that were upended in the early stages of the pandemic.

December 4, 2020