Diesel rose 11.5 cents to $3.965 a gallon, its sixth straight gain, while gasoline rose 7.6 cents to $3.721 the Department of Energy said.
August 14, 2012BusinessEquipment
Cooper Tire’s 2Q Income Rises
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s second-quarter net income rose to $52 million, or 82 cents a share, from $12 million, or 18 cents, a year ago.
August 14, 2012Business
Gasoline Rose 18¢ in Past Two Weeks to $3.69 a Gallon, Lundberg Reports
Gasoline rose 18 cents in the past two weeks to $3.69 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
August 13, 2012Business
FedEx Freight Driver Named Truck Driving Grand Champion
Don Logan, a FedEx Freight driver from Topeka, Kan., was named the Grand Champion at the 2012 National Truck Driving Championships.
August 13, 2012Business
Xata Corp. Changes Name, Introduces Mobile Platform
Xata Corp. has changed its name to XRS Corp., to go along with a new mobile platform the company unveiled during the Xata User Event in Minneapolis.
August 13, 2012BusinessTechnology
PeopleNet Debuts Alert Add-On for iPad App, Other Product Upgrades at Customer Meeting
BOCA RATON, Fla. — PeopleNet Communications Corp. unveiled three new products here, including a critical events alert system for the iPad to give customers additional mobile communications options.
August 13, 2012Business
Contrans’ 2Q Income Improves
Canadian carrier Contrans Group’s second-quarter profit rose, in part on acquisitions, the company said.
August 13, 2012BusinessLogistics
Contrans’ 2Q Income Improves
Canadian carrier Contrans Group’s second-quarter profit rose, in part on acquisitions, the company said.
August 13, 2012PerspectiveBusinessAutonomous
Opinion: Appreciating Trucking’s Champions
This weekend, hundreds of competitors rose from relative obscurity to grab a share of glory in front of enthusiastic, if at times partisan, fans.
August 13, 2012EditorialBusiness
Editorial:They’re All Winners
The swimmers, sprinters, gymnasts, weightlifters and fancy horse riders have finished their two weeks in the sun, bathed in the world’s adoration as they competed against the best of their respective sports for that elusive gold medal.
August 13, 2012