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Roadrunner Improves Transit Times

Roadrunner improved transit times across 149 major lanes as part of an ongoing initiative to improve speed across its network, the company announced May 17.

May 22, 2023
BusinessFuel

Chevron to Buy Shale Driller PDC in $6.3 Billion Stock Deal

Chevron Corp. agreed to buy oil and gas producer PDC Energy Inc. in a $6.3 billion all-stock deal as it seeks to expand amid what may be a busy year of mergers and acquisitions in U.S. shale.

May 22, 2023
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Ford Strikes Lithium Deals to Support EV Output

Ford Motor Co. reached a series of deals to buy lithium from projects in Canada to Chile, as automakers rush to secure the materials needed to build electric vehicles.

May 22, 2023
BusinessTechnology

GM Rolls Out Electric Silverado Pickup Truck

General Motors Co. is finally pushing into the heart of the electric pickup market with its Chevrolet Silverado work truck starting production this month.

May 22, 2023
BusinessTechnology

Cement Maker Orders up to 1,000 Volvo Electric Trucks

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell up to 1,000 electric trucks to a single customer in its largest EV order to date, the manufacturer announced May 22.

May 22, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biden Delays Bid to Grant EV Makers Renewable Fuel Credits

The Biden administration has dropped, for now, a plan that would have awarded automakers such as Tesla Inc. credits for using renewable natural gas to power electric vehicles.

May 19, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Federal Reserve Chair Powell Hints at Pause in Rate Hikes

WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell indicated May 19 that the Federal Reserve likely will forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June.

May 19, 2023
BusinessPrivate

Walmart Stock Outperforms Target

Walmart shares are outshining those of Target as Wall Street anticipates the shopping behemoth’s broad array of household necessities will offer shelter from slowing economic growth.

May 19, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Ford CEO Sticks to ‘Crazy High’ EV Goal

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley is sticking with a goal for the company’s money-losing electric vehicle unit to be churning out 2 million models annually in a few years.

May 19, 2023
BusinessEquipment

Deere Lifts Profit Outlook

Deere & Co. raised its full-year profit forecast amid strong demand for farm equipment and the easing of supply chain woes that have dogged companies since the pandemic.

May 19, 2023