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GovernmentBusinessFuel

Biofuel Producers聽Ask Trump For Year-Round E15 Sales

The American Petroleum Institute joined a coalition of biofuel producers and fuel retailers asking President Donald Trump to push Congress to develop legislation on the issue.

December 4, 2025
BusinessPrivate

Dollar General Boosts Outlook as Value Pitch Draws Shoppers

The company鈥檚 core consumer is shopping more frequently while purchasing fewer items per visit 鈥 an indication that they鈥檙e financially pressured, CEO Todd Vasos said on a call with analysts.聽

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Lawsuit Abuse Strains Trucking Industry

New research from ATRI examines the impact of tort litigation industrywide as well as myriad factors that were found to contribute to the outcomes of high-profile court cases.

December 4, 2025
BusinessPrivate

Kroger Cuts Guidance as Shoppers Get Choosy About Spending

Kroger鈥檚 results add to mixed signals about the health of the U.S. economy as consumers navigate persistent woes about inflation and the cooling labor market.

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Texas DOT Studies New Interstate From Gulf Coast to Panhandle

The upgrade would deliver 鈥渟ignificant statewide benefits,鈥 including faster travel times, safer roads and more efficiency for commercial freight carriers, the feasability study says.

December 4, 2025
BusinessFuelLogisticsGlobal Freight

Ocean Shipping Rates Surge on Conflicts, Supply Disruptions

Daily earnings to聽transport crude聽on key routes have seen the biggest jump this year, up 467%. Freight costs typically dip at year-end due to seasonal weakness in demand.

December 4, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Trump Administration Pushes Major Cut to MPG Standards

Trump鈥檚 proposal represents a win for the auto and oil industries that argued the requirements pushed the bounds of available technology for getting more miles out of each gallon of fuel.

December 3, 2025
BusinessLogistics

NRF Cites Record 203 Million Shoppers for Extended Weekend

National Retail Federation's survey found 202.9 million consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, up from 197 million shoppers last year.

December 3, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Nvidia鈥檚 Lobbying Pays Off in AI Export Fight

The so-called GAIN AI Act would require chipmakers to give American customers first dibs on their powerful AI chips before selling in China and other arms-embargoed countries.

December 3, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentLogistics

US Trailer Makers Seek Steep Duties Against Import Rivals

The group of trailer OEMs, which calls itself the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition, comprises Great Dane, Stoughton Trailers and Wabash.

December 3, 2025

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