Business

The California Farm Bureau Federation has petitioned federal regulators for an exemption from 30-minute rest breaks for drivers transporting bees that are critically needed to pollinate crops.

Jeff Rogers has been appointed CEO at Universal Truckload Services, concluding a plan begun in June.

Katie Farmer, group vice president of consumer products at BNSF Railway, has taken office as the first woman to chair the Intermodal Association of North America’s board of directors.

The U.S. Postal Service said package deliveries increased 18% in December and had its busiest day on record Dec. 22.

U.S. jobless claims fell by 4,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Jan. 8.

Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz will move its U.S. headquarters to Atlanta from New Jersey, rejecting efforts by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to keep the facility in his state.

Penske Logistics filed a formal petition with the Supreme Court on Jan. 6 asking the justices to review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the legitimacy of California’s meal-break law.

The trade deficit narrowed in November as U.S. petroleum imports sank to the lowest level in more than five years.

Companies added more workers than forecast in December, indicating the U.S. job market was sustaining strength as 2014 drew to a close, according to a private report based on payrolls.

Class 8 truck orders jumped 38% to 43,900 units in December, capping the industry’s second-best year on record for incoming orders, according to ACT Research.