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Business

Rush Enterprises Reports Lower Q1 Net Income, Revenue

Truck dealership Rush Enterprises Inc. reported first-quarter declines in net income and revenue, citing unprecedented times.

April 23, 2020
BusinessLogistics

Instacart Doubled Workforce in a Month

Instacart Inc. more than doubled the number of people who pick and deliver groceries to customers over the past few weeks and said it will add an additional 250,000 in the next two months, a response to unprecedented demand for the service.

April 23, 2020
BusinessLogisticsTop 100

Landstar Reports $927.6 Million Revenue for Q1

Landstar System Inc. reported lower first-quarter net income of $40.9 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.04, compared with $63.3 million, or $1.58, in the same period a year ago.

April 23, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Auto Plants Approach Reopenings, Putting Pressure on Detroit

Automakers are cautiously coalescing around plans to reopen North American assembly plants early next month following what will be a roughly six-week shutdown for virtually the entire industry.

April 23, 2020
BusinessTop 100

Old Dominion Q1 Profit, Revenue Keep Pace

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.’s first-quarter profit and revenue held steady as the motor carrier didn’t start to see business erode from the coronavirus pandemic until the start of April.

April 23, 2020
BusinessTechnology

IoT Device Management for Today's Connected Fleet

Effective IoT management can improve fleet efficiency, empower drivers to save time and money on the road, and make hardware purchases more cost-effective. Please join Samsung and Platform Science to learn best practices for managing IoT in today's world of connected fleets.

April 23, 2020
BusinessTop 100

Heartland Express Reports Q1 Net Income of $13.2 Million

Heartland Express Inc. reported a 23.6% drop in first-quarter net income to $13.2 million, or 16 cents per share, from $17.3 million, or 21 cents, in the same period a year ago.

April 23, 2020
BusinessEquipment

March Net Trailer Orders Dip Below 7,600, ACT Research Says

Net U.S. trailer orders slipped below 7,600 in March as cancellations sliced the gross tally nearly in half, and production slowed, ACT Research reported.

April 23, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Carmakers Pledge 5 Million ‘Talking Cars’ in FCC Airwaves Bid

The U.S. auto industry will deploy millions more wireless systems to help prevent traffic collisions if the Federal Communications Commission abandons a proposal that would take away most of the radio frequencies reserved to carry those signals, according to an industry trade association.

April 23, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Anguish Grows in Russia Oil Sector Overwhelmed by Price Fall

As Russia’s small oil producers struggle to survive a historic price crash, some say in private they wish they could just set their crude ablaze.

April 23, 2020