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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

BusinessTechnology

Xata Unveils Household Goods Driver Tracker

Xata Corp. has introduced Xata Turnpike Multiple Management Authority, a driver tracking tool for household goods movers.

March 27, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Company Develops Technology to Stop Distracted Driving in Trucking

Cellcontrol, a developer of technology aimed at preventing distracted driving, on Monday unveiled a new offering designed for trucking fleets.

March 26, 2012
Business

Smith Debuts All-Electric Van That FedEx Express Will Use

Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. has unveiled an all-electric vehicle called the Newton Step Van that will be used by FedEx Express.

March 26, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Kiva Systems Sold to Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to acquire Kiva Systems Inc., a privately held maker of robotic warehouse systems, for about $775 million in cash.

March 26, 2012
BusinessFuel

Gasoline Gains 11¢ to $3.93, Lundberg Says

Gasoline rose 11 cents in the past two weeks to a national average $3.93 per gallon, but the price may be leveling off with oil prices stable, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

March 26, 2012
Business

Obama Urges House to Pass Transportation Bill

In his weekly radio address this weekend, President Obama urged Congress to pass a bipartisan transportation bill.

March 26, 2012
BusinessTechnology

Aerofficient to Make New ‘Slider’ Fairing

Aerofficient will begin producing a “slider†side fairing in April that it said should boost fuel savings over trailers using normal fairings.

March 26, 2012
Letters to the EditorBusiness

Letter: Highway Bill

Hidden deep within the massive Senate Transportation Bill, No. 1813, on pages 1283-1284, is a provision that will make owners and directors of corporations personally liable for civil penalties if the bill, which has passed the Senate and is headed for the House, becomes law.

March 26, 2012
PerspectiveBusinessLogistics

Opinion: We’re All in It Together

It has become something of a cliché that what followed the economic deregulation of trucking in the early 1980s was even more regulation, albeit in different forms.

March 26, 2012
BusinessTechnology

FMCSA Launches Bus Safety iPhone App

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it launched an iPhone application last week that allows users to search for and find bus companies’ safety records. The application does not display data for trucking companies, and an agency spokeswoman did not say whether FMCSA plans to eventually include those data.

March 26, 2012