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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

US Oil Boom Could End in May After Price Collapse

The shale oil boom that pushed U.S. crude production to the highest level in four decades is grinding to a halt.

April 13, 2015
Business, Technology

GE to Sell GE Capital Assets

General Electric Co. said it will sell most of its GE Capital assets in the next two years and focus on its traditional industrial and manufacturing businesses.

Michael G. Malloy | Web Editor
April 13, 2015
Business, Equipment

Goodyear Enhances Fuel Max Lineup

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has added a retread option for its Fuel Max line of truck tires the company started rolling out in the fall.

April 13, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

DOT Outlines Drug Testing Using Electronic Chain of Custody Forms

The Department of Transportation has issued a final rule outlining requirements for drug testing chain of custody of urine samples when using electronic forms.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
April 13, 2015
Business

Gasoline Prices Fall With Refiners Running at Decade High

Retail gasoline prices declined for a second time since a March peak in the Lundberg Survey as U.S. refineries ran at the highest seasonal rates in a decade.

April 13, 2015
Business

About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers

The Transport Topics’ Top 100 For-Hire Carriers is a listing of the largest trucking companies in North America.

April 13, 2015
Perspective, Business

Opinion: 3PLs an Essential, Growing Part of Economy

The third-party logistics industry is more than three times the size of the candy industry in the United States and is larger than both the U.S. beer industry and electronic gaming industries.

April 13, 2015
Editorial, Business

Editorial: Still Battling Driver Turnover

Throughout the busy first quarter of trucking industry conferences and trade shows, we were continually impressed with the attempts by fleets and industry suppliers to enhance the quality of life of today’s truck drivers.

April 13, 2015
Business, Government, Safety

FedEx Makes Bid for TNT

FedEx Corp. said it intends to buy Dutch package and freight carrier TNT Express for $4.8 billion in an effort to bolster its operations in Europe and challenge U.S. rival UPS Inc. and Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL Group for a share of global freight transportation leadership.

April 13, 2015
Business, Logistics

TT Archives: Logistics 50

The Top 50 list of the largest logistics companies in North America makes its debut in the Sept. 30, 2002 issue of Transport Topics.

April 13, 2015