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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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Fusion Energy Could Deliver Power in 8 Years, DOE Chief Says

Fusion energy, which powers the sun and stars, has the potential to produce abundant carbon-free electricity, but efforts to harness it have proved elusive.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Canada Deficit to Hit $50.6 Billion Amid Trade War Costs

Mark Carney’s task is to convince Canadians and opposition lawmakers that his planned spending will eventually boost the resilience and productive capacity of the economy.

September 15, 2025
BusinessEquipment

American Axle Seeks $2.3 Billion to Fund Dowlais Takeover

American Axle in January announced a $1.6 billion cash-and-stock deal to acquire U.K. peer Dowlais. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessPerspective

Perspective: Tax Cuts Keep Supply Chain Moving

When President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law on July 4, it did more than reform the nation’s tax code. It prevented the largest tax hike in American history.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

China-US Strike TikTok Deal After Threat of Shutdown

President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be speaking Sept. 19.

September 15, 2025
BusinessPrivate

Tyson Foods to Eliminate Corn Syrup From Products

The meat producer’s goal is to stop using high-fructose corn syrup, sucralose, BHA/BHT and titanium dioxide in brands including Tyson, Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm.

September 15, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

C.H. Robinson Starts Mexico Freight Consolidation Service

Using bonded warehouses on the southern side of the border will allow shippers to sidestep Mexican customs regulations and engage fewer trucks.

September 15, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Ford to Move Headquarters to New Campus 3 Miles Away

The new 2.1-million-square-foot structure formally will be called “Ford World Headquarters” when it opens in November.

September 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

China Investigates US Semiconductors Ahead of Trade Talks

The Ministry of Commerce announced an anti-dumping probe into certain analog IC chips imported from the U.S. and an anti-discrimination probe into U.S. measures against China’s chip sector.

September 15, 2025
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Musk Answers Tesla’s Pay Proposal With $1 Billion Stock Buy

The purchase amounts to a show of confidence in Tesla’s prospects after a challenging first half of the year in which vehicle deliveries slumped 13% worldwide.

September 15, 2025