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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

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Union Appeals Amazon Election Loss, Claiming Misconduct

Accusing Amazon .com Inc. of misconduct, the retail union that lost a hotly contested election at the company’s Alabama warehouse has asked federal officials to set aside the results.

April 19, 2021
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J.B. Hunt Reports Q1 Revenue Increased to $2.6B

J.B. Hunt Transport Services saw revenue and earnings increase due to strong segment growth during the first quarter of 2021, the company reported April 15.

April 16, 2021
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Drivers at Grocery Startup Imperfect Foods Vote to Unionize

Drivers at grocery delivery startup Imperfect Foods Inc. have voted to unionize, an apparent victory for organized labor as it steps up efforts to make inroads into California’s fast-growing startups. The company said it would challenge the results.

April 16, 2021
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Republicans Seek Broader Curbs on Exports of Chip Tools to China

Two Republican lawmakers called for broader American restrictions on the sale of chip-making tools after the U.S. government placed several Chinese supercomputing firms on an export blacklist, saying even tougher rules are needed to prevent the People’s Liberation Army from using sensitive technologies.

April 15, 2021
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Fed Sees Supply Chain Issues Growing Despite Better US Outlook

The Federal Reserve is seeing both labor and material shortages mounting across several sectors of the U.S. economy, which may have consumers paying even more for everything from fuel to new homes.

April 15, 2021
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Historic Golf Course Closer to Becoming Trucking and Warehouse Facility

A historic golf course in the Chicago suburbs is one step closer to becoming a trucking and logistics and warenhouse complex.

April 14, 2021
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Egypt Seizes Ever Given Pending $900 Million Compensation

Egypt seized the giant container vessel that blocked the Suez Canal last month as part of an effort to get more than $900 million in compensation.

April 14, 2021
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Darrel Harris Named President of Yellow

Darrel Harris has been named president of Yellow Corp., six months after joining the Overland Park, Kan., company.

April 13, 2021
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Biden Reassures Chip Summit of Bipartisan Support for New Funds

President Joe Biden told companies vying with each other for a sharply constrained global supply of semiconductors that he has bipartisan support for government funding to address a shortage that has idled automakers worldwide.

April 12, 2021
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Covenant Realigns Top Management

Covenant Transportation Group Inc. is realigning its senior management team at its Chattanooga, Tenn., headquarters three years after making its biggest purchase in the company’s 35-year history.

April 12, 2021