The company will use the money to speed production of what聽CEO Josh Araujo calls the 鈥淪wiss Army knife鈥 of聽military autonomous vehicles.聽
November 12, 2025Trucking Business News
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.
FedEx Profit Guidance Eases Holiday Season Worries
鈥淲hat you鈥檙e seeing right now clearly is something of a relief rally when people have been pretty negative on the prospects for both FedEx and UPS,鈥 said Ari Rosa, an analyst at Citigroup.
November 12, 2025Shutdown Nears End as Senate Passes Deal, House Preps Vote
A record-setting 42-day U.S. government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Nov. 12 after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats.
November 11, 2025Sheinbaum鈥檚 China Tariff Plan Postponed as Backlash Builds
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum鈥檚 plan to impose steep tariffs on Chinese imports has been delayed until at least December as mounting opposition stalls congressional debate.
November 11, 2025Paschall Truck Lines Parent Adds J&R Schugel to Portfolio
J&R Schugel celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024 and became 100% employee owned in 2014. The merger was effective Oct. 31.
November 10, 2025China to Restrict Chemicals After Deal on Fentanyl Tariffs
China said Nov. 10 it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for Donald Trump聽during recent talks with Chinese leader聽Xi Jinping.
November 10, 2025Johnson Calls House to Return for Shutdown Vote
鈥淲e have to do this as quickly as possible," said House Speaker Mike Johnson. He's kept the House out of session since mid-September, when it passed a bill to continue federal funding.
November 10, 2025US Pauses Crackdown on Blacklisted Chinese Firms
For companies that make technology subject to Commerce Department licensing,聽the expected pause聽offers a welcome reprieve from a policy they viewed as a massive compliance headache.
November 10, 2025FAA Grounds MD-11 Jets After Deadly UPS Crash
UPS and FedEx said Nov. 7 that they were grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s 鈥渙ut of an abundance of caution." The planes make up about 9% and 4% of their fleets, respectively.
November 10, 2025Perspective: Helping Contract Drivers With Insurance Claims
The right support can play a critical role in helping independent contractors recover financially when they are involved in a crash through no fault of their own, writes attorney Kelsea Eckert.
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