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BusinessSafetyPerspective

Perspective: Workers’ Comp in the COVID-19 Era

Trucking companies that were handling workers’ compensation claims before the coronavirus pandemic may find resolution of these claims stalled for reasons that have nothing to do with the worker’s injury, says Lori Ilgenfritz of Gallagher Bassett.

June 16, 2020
BusinessEquipment

PacLease Celebrates 40 Years in Business

PacLease, a full-service truck rental and leasing company, reached the milestones of 40 years in business and 40,000 trucks being used.

June 16, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Powell Warns That Long Downturn Would Mean Severe Damage

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn with “significant uncertainty†about the timing and strength of a recovery.

June 16, 2020
BusinessEquipment

Northwest Equipment Sales Adds First Washington State Location

Northwest Equipment Sales has opened a dealership in Burbank, Wash., that offers brands from Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America.

June 16, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Retail Sales Soared a Record 17.7% in May, Double Forecast

U.S. retail sales jumped in May by the most on record and double forecasts, regaining more ground than expected after unprecedented drops the prior two months as states allowed more merchants to reopen.

June 16, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Average Price of Diesel Inches Upward by 0.7¢ to $2.403

The national average price of diesel has increased seven-tenths of a cent to $2.403, according to the Energy Information Administration.

June 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

DOT Launches AV TEST Initiative

The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched a program to increase transparency and inform members of the public about automated vehicle technologies.

June 15, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Fed Will Begin Buying Broad Portfolio of Corporate Bonds

The Federal Reserve said June 15 that it will begin buying individual corporate bonds under its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, an emergency lending program that to date has purchased only exchange-traded funds.

June 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Driverless Car Industry Gets a Nudge on Standards, Transparency

Hundreds of driverless cars have been tested in locations across the U.S. in recent years, but standards are inconsistent and in a handful of cases there have been accidents and even a death.

June 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Amazon Tells Congress Bezos Will Testify in Tech Power Probe

Amazon.com Inc. told congressional investigators examining the market power of the largest technology companies that it would make CEO Jeff Bezos available to testify.

June 15, 2020

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