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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.

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Labor Day Sees Surge in Cargo Theft Activity

Labor Day weekend has become a more popular target for cargo thieves — especially during the pandemic era — with loaded trailers sitting idle for an extended stretch proving increasingly tempting.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Intermodal Industry Continues to Adapt as It Meets Shifting Demands

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Throughout 2022, the intermodal industry has responded to shifting consumer demand, supply chain disruptions, shipper demands and more.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogistics

Congressional Leaders Praise Tentative Rail Labor Agreement

The announcement of a tentative rail labor agreement was viewed as a positive sign by senior policymakers on Capitol Hill on Sept. 15.

September 15, 2022
BusinessTechnology

Automating your Accounts Payable Process

Program Airs: September 15, 2022. The root of high costs and profit loss in the AP system is manually processing paper. The result of a manual process is costly due to more than just error-prone keying of information. Automating your AP system will expediate the invoice cycle time, reduce processing costs, boost staff-productivity, and more. 

September 15, 2022
BusinessLogistics

CSX Hires Ex-Ford Executive Joseph Hinrichs as CEO

CSX Corp. named Joseph Hinrichs as its next chief executive officer, handing the reins of the railroad giant to a former top executive with Ford Motor Co.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsFor-Hire

Hiring for Uncertain Holiday Season Continues

Trucking has started making thousands of hires for the holiday season despite facing a variety of economic headwinds.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

Retail Sales Unexpectedly Rise After Drop in Prior Month

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in August after declining a month earlier, as consumer demand for goods broadly held up but showed signs of moderating amid historic inflation.

September 15, 2022
BusinessSafetyLogistics

China COVID Lockdown Threatens US Trucking Sector

China has put several cities back into lockdown because of coronavirus, which could disrupt shipments headed for the U.S.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

Manufacturing Output Increases for Second Straight Month

U.S. factory production rose slightly in August as resilient business investment more than offset a pullback in the output of consumer goods, consistent with steady manufacturing activity.

September 15, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

DOT Awards Grant to Dismantle Detroit Highway

WASHINGTON — A long-delayed plan to dismantle Interstate 375, a 1-mile depressed freeway in Detroit that was built by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago, was a big winner of federal money Sept. 15.

September 15, 2022