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Number Seeking US Jobless Aid Drops to Lowest Since March

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a further sign that the job market might be slowly healing.

November 12, 2020
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Amazon to Expand In-Garage Delivery to 4,000 US Cities

Amazon .com Inc. is about to see whether shoppers wary of contact with package delivery drivers would rather let them into the garage instead.

November 12, 2020
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Rep. Donald Payne Aims for Railroads Subcommittee Chairmanship

A senior member of New Jersey’s congressional delegation is vying to lead the panel with jurisdiction over the country’s freight and passenger railroad affairs.

November 12, 2020
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FedEx in Partnership to Use Facilities as Cloud Service Hubs

Dell Technologies Inc., FedEx Corp. and Switch Inc. are building a U.S. network of data centers, offering businesses an alternative to maintaining their own server farms or using major cloud providers such as Amazon .com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

November 12, 2020
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Pfizer Vaccine Road Map Shows Logistical, Financial Obstacles

When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and costly system of deep-freeze airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles and inoculation points across China.

November 12, 2020
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October Class 8 Sales Underscore Replacement Demand

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in October remained 18.4% below year-ago levels and closed in on 19,000 to signal replacement demand is strong, analysts said.

November 12, 2020
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Food Retail Carriers Anticipate High-Demand Holiday Season

The food retail sector and fleets that support it are headed for a particularly busy holiday season, experts say.

November 12, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Holiday Ramp-Up Portends Glad Tidings for Trucking

A leading supply chain economist and data from a trucking industry research company show warehouses are filling up in advance of what could be a very busy holiday season.

November 10, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

GAO Overturns Award of $19.9 Billion Global Military Moving Contract

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has overturned the award of a potential nine-year, $19.9 billion contract to a New Jersey company for moving military household goods worldwide.

November 10, 2020
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Carriers Highlight Industry Issues Persisting After Volatile Year

Trucking companies detailed the market challenges that persist in the waning weeks of 2020 during a three-day conference on economic trends.

November 10, 2020

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