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Momentum Commerce, which manages online sales for 50 brands in a variety of product categories and price points, said its Amazon sales plunged 41% year over year on July 8.

President Donald Trump unveiled a new round of tariff demand letters on July 9 with levies set to hit in August on imported goods from partners who fail to reach agreements with the U.S.

At an earlier White House event, Trump complained that Brazil had ā€œbeen not good to us.ā€ His decision on Brazil, Trump said, was ā€œbased on very, very substantial facts, and also past history.ā€

A group of small businesses that won an order finding President Donald Trump’s global tariffs illegal urged a federal appeals court to uphold that decision and block the trade levies.

Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in value on July 9 after two-year investor frenzy.

The latest production forecast for this year represents a drop of about 50,000 barrels a day from the Energy Information Administration’s previous projections in June.

Cruise, the embattled self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has laid off 101 more employees across the Bay Area, marking the latest round of job cuts as the company scales back its robotaxi efforts.

Policymakers pointed to ā€œconsiderable uncertaintyā€ about the timing, size and duration of the tariffs’ potential effects on inflation, the minutes showed.

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Dozens of freight and trucking stakeholders praised the recently enacted comprehensive tax and budget measure referred to as the ā€œOne Big, Beautiful Bill.ā€

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DTNA Aims to Increase Margins With Focus on Western Star

Daimler Truck North America aims to increase its margins in the second half of the 2020s, accentuating a position as the key engine of growth for parent company Daimler Truck.

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Daimler Targets Expansion in Heavy-Duty Vocational Market

Ā Daimler Truck North AmericaĀ is taking aim at expanding its presence in the heavy vocational market while recognizing the challenge its rivals are lodging to its dominance in the over-the-road segment.

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Congressmen Ask FMCSA for Proactive HOS Disaster Response

Thirty-three congressmen from 22 states are asking FMCSA to issue hours-of-service exemptions when emergency warnings are issued instead of waiting until after disaster strikes.

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The ongoing rollback of commercial vehicle emission regulations under the second Trump administration has created uncertainty in the emerging battery-electric truck market.

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