FedEx Corp. said it may not go through with a $7.7 billion purchase of 30 new jet planes for air freight if federal law is changed to make it easier for its employees to join a union, Bloomberg reported.
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Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Plains States, Highways Hit by Snow, Flooding
President Obama declared North Dakota a federal disaster area as floods from a big spring blizzard caused widespread road closures, and surrounding states to the south and west closed roads due to flooding and high winds, the Associated Press reported.
March 26, 2009Sen. Specter Opposes Card Check Bill
Sen. Arlen Specter, the only Republican senator to support the Employee Free Choice Act when it was debated two years ago, said Tuesday he would vote against the legislation, the Associated Press reported.
March 24, 2009LaHood Says U.S. Seeking to Revive Mexican Trucking Plan
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to revive the cross-border trucking program with Mexico that lets some carriers from that country deliver goods into the United States beyond a set border zone, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009Alabama Gov. Signs Steel-Coil Control Law
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (R) signed into law a measure requiring truck drivers transporting steel coils to be properly trained so that coils are tied down securely, according to the governor’s Web site.
March 23, 2009EPA Eyes Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency may seek to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
March 24, 2009N.Y.-N.J. Port Sees First Decline in 15 Years
Container traffic at the Port of New York and New Jersey fell last year for the first time in 15 years, the Associated Press reported.
March 23, 2009Obama Views New Hybrid Trucks in California
President Obama visited a California center featuring new hybrid trucks Friday, including plug-in hybrid with an engine developed by Eaton Corp. and the Electric Power Research Institute.
March 23, 2009Gas Dips 1¢ to $1.95, Lundberg Says
The national average price of regular gasoline fell by a penny over the past two weeks to $1.95 a gallon, the first decline of the year, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 23, 2009Opinion: Fuel Prices — These Are the Good Old Days
As I write this in early March, the U.S. Department of Energy reports that the price of diesel fuel in the United States is $2.045 per gallon. After hitting a record high of $4.764 on July 14, the price of diesel has fallen by $2.719.
March 20, 2009