UPS Inc. said Friday it has begun a new joint venture headquartered in Dubai that will coordinate packages, freight forwarding and contract logistics services in the Middle East, Turkey and parts of Central Asia.
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House Panel Leaders Resist Bid to Stall Highway Funding Bill
WASHINGTON — House transportation leaders appeared isolated last week, as several prominent senators endorsed a bid by the Obama administration to postpone working on a major surface transportation-funding bill until 2010.
June 29, 2009Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in June
U.S. consumer confidence rose this month for the fourth consecutive time in June, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
June 26, 2009Personal Spending Rises 0.3% in May
Consumer personal spending rose 0.3% in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.
June 26, 2009UPS Sets Middle East Joint Venture
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June 26, 2009May Truck Tonnage Falls 11%; Month-to-Month Level Rises
Truck tonnage decreased 11% in May compared with a year ago, but increased from April, American Trucking Associations said.
June 29, 2009Oil Closes Week Below $70
Oil fell more than $1 Friday to close the trading week below $70 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.
June 26, 2009Letters: Highway Safety, Safety Concerns, Belt-Tightening, Offensive Analysis, Most Expensive Gas
There are some good safety points that should be considered, including a “graduated” commercial driver license, but it makes no sense for new CDL drivers to be transporting hazardous materials, oversize loads or double and triple trailers until they have accumulated 100,000 or more accident-free miles driving a commercial vehicle.
June 29, 2009Reauthorization’s Rocky Road
We need to be leery of the battle involving the Obama administration, the Senate and the House of Representatives over the direction of federal transportation policy out of concern that political bickering could delay necessary decisions and infrastructure projects.
June 29, 2009Jobless Claims Rise for Week
Initial jobless claims rose by 15,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.
June 25, 2009