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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.

Business

FedEx Expands International Economy Services

FedEx Express said Tuesday it is expanding its international economy services to more countries.

March 30, 2010
Business, Government, Logistics

Consumer Confidence Improves in March

Consumer confidence grew this month after falling last month to the lowest level since April 2009, the New York-based Conference Board reported.

March 30, 2010
Business

UTi Worldwide Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit

Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide reported a profit for its fourth quarter, compared with a  loss a year earlier.

March 30, 2010
Business, Logistics

Fleets Install Aerodynamic Truck, Trailer Parts

Two fleets said they are installing equipment intended to reduce drag and cut fuel consumption.

March 29, 2010
Business

Eaton Says Its Hybrid Fleet Covers 30 Million Miles

Manufacturer Eaton Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich., said that trucks using its hybrid powertrain technology have logged about 30 million miles globally.

March 29, 2010
Government, Business

New Hampshire Drops Plans to Toll I-93

New Hampshire transportation officials will not to ask the federal government for permission to toll 20 miles of Interstate 93 from the Massachusetts state line to Manchester.

March 29, 2010
Business

Court Sets Oral Arguments in Navistar SCR Lawsuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia set oral arguments for May 10 in Navistar’s lawsuit over the federal government’s certification of engines using selective catalytic reduction technology to meet new diesel engine emissions standards.

March 29, 2010
Business

FedEx to Launch All-Electric Delivery Trucks

FedEx Corp. said Monday it will launch the first all-electric parcel delivery trucks in the United States when it rolls out four vehicles in June.

March 29, 2010
Business, Fuel

Oil Climbs Toward $81 a Barrel

Oil rose in early trading Monday to near $81 a barrel as the U.s. dollar fell versus the euro, Bloomberg reported.

March 29, 2010
Business

Personal Spending Increases for Fifth Month

Consumer personal spending rose in February for the fifth straight month, the Commerce Department said Monday.

March 29, 2010