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A judge blocked Kroger's $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for grocery shoppers in a ruling that marks a likely death knell for the deal.

The company specializes in oversized-load and special transport equipment, including semi-lowloaders, flatbed trailers, lowbed trailers and drawbar trailers.

Snack-food giant Mondelez International’s potential takeover of chocolate maker Hershey Co. would rank as the year’s top M&A deal.

Program Airs: December 10, 2 p.m. ET Mike Precia, Rob Abbott, and David O’Neal discuss the key findings in Fleetworthy’s exclusive industry report based on a survey of more than 300 fleet operators and independent truckers.

The U.S. reversed its forecast for a crude glut next year and is now calling for a small oil-market deficit.

The existing port — which is 5 miles away and expanded 27 years ago from the original one built in 1933 — can no longer handle today’s traffic and commercial vehicle inspection demands.

Almost 600 of the Volvo Group AB unit’s battery-electric straight trucks and tractors are now operational in the U.S. and Canada, collectively driving more than 200,000 miles every week.

The president of Canadian electric bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric Co. resigned as the cash-poor company made a last-ditch attempt to stay afloat.

Europe’s bid to build a homegrown battery industry to break China’s dominance in electric vehicles is failing.

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing.