Coronavirus News Updates

GovernmentBusinessSafetyPerspective

Perspective: Crisis Reveals Strength of Industry

While the supply chain may have bent at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, it did not break — and that was due to the dedication, hard work and coordination of many trucking companies, truck drivers, mechanics, dockworkers and others who met the challenge head-on.

May 12, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Oil’s Scenario of Exhausted Storage Starts to Fade

While the global oil market remains in a dire situation, it’s starting to look like the nightmare scenario envisioned for the past month might just be averted.

May 12, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Core Consumer-Price Index Fell by Most on Record in April

A key measure of U.S. consumer prices declined in April by the most on record as travel and apparel spending collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic.

May 12, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

COVID-19 Will Exacerbate Rural Transportation Funding Needs, TRIP Finds

Rural transportation needs face a significant funding deficit that will be compounded by the coronavirus pandemic’s blow to state revenue sources, according to a recent report from The Road Information Program.

May 12, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Musk Says Tesla Poised to Defy California County, Reopen Car Plant

Elon Musk said Tesla Inc. is flouting the California county that has blocked its efforts to reopen its only U.S. car plant by restarting production at the facility.

May 11, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Airlines Balance Fewer Flights, Travelers Seeking Social Distance

U.S. airlines are grappling with one outcome of the deep schedule cuts they’ve made in response to near-zero travel demand: Many of the flights that remain are starting to fill up, complicating social distancing guidelines and angering some passengers.

May 11, 2020
Business

Biggest US Car Dealer Declares Recovery Underway

AutoNation Inc., the biggest car dealership chain in the U.S., said consumers’ desire to travel again and do so in their own personal space is driving the industry’s rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

May 11, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Output Again

Saudi Arabia announced a surprise move to slash oil output to the lowest point in 18 years as it tries to spur the recovery from an energy crisis that has devastated the kingdom’s finances.

May 11, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Harvesters Struggle to Recruit Foreign Crews During Pandemic

Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine combines and drive his grain trucks will arrive in time for the start of the winter wheat harvest, which is just weeks away.

May 11, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Musk Emerges as Loud Reopen Proponent With Tesla Threats

Tesla Inc. asserts that restarting its operations in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t make the company an outlier, nor is it going against the grain.

May 11, 2020