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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, Logistics

US 1 Reports 4Q, Yearly Loss

Logistics firm US 1 Industries said it had a fourth quarter net loss of $2.1 million, or 15 cents a share, compared with a profit of $582,000, or 4 cents a share, a year earlier.

March 17, 2010
Business, Government

Producer Prices See Biggest Decline Since July

Prices paid to U.S. producers fell 0.6% in February, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

March 17, 2010
Government, Business

Senate Moves Jobs Bill Forward

Senate Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster of a bill aimed at decreasing unemployment that includes a long extension of the federal highway program.

March 16, 2010
Business

Fed Again Holds Interest Rate at Record Low

The Federal Reserve voted for the 11th straight time Tuesday to keep a key U.S. interest rate at a record low target range of zero to 0.25%.

March 16, 2010
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

ATA Pushes for Jason's Law for More Truck Parking

American Trucking Associations Tuesday reaffirmed its support for legislation that would provide federal funding for commercial vehicle parking at rest areas.

March 16, 2010
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, Equipment

Transportation Bill Should Have Freight Component, Report Says

Congress should include comprehensive funding policies in the upcoming transportation reauthorization bill both to modernize freight transportation and reduce diesel emissions, an environmental group said in a new report.

March 16, 2010
Business, Logistics, Fuel, Government

Diesel Rises 2瞽 to $2.924 in Fourth Straight Increase

Diesels national average retail price rose for a fourth week, climbing 2 cents to $2.924 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.

March 16, 2010
Government, Business, Fuel, Autonomous

SoCal Port Trucks Falling Short in Gate Moves

While the air at the Port of Los Angeles is cleaner, the owners of than two-thirds of the 2,200 drayage trucks purchased with $20,000 in port emissions reduction incentive grants face financial penalties because their trucks will not make the required minimum 300 gate moves during their first year of operation, port officials said.

March 16, 2010
Business, Government

Import Prices Fall in February

The price of goods imported to the United States fell in February for the first time in seven months, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

March 16, 2010
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

ATA Seeks Nominations for 11-12 Americas Road Team

American Trucking Associations said Monday it is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve on the 2011-2012 Americas Road Team.

March 16, 2010