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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.

BusinessEquipment

Truck Retail Sales Outlook Cloudy for Rest of 2025

Uncertainty continues to cloud the retail sales and orders outlook for truck makers for the rest of 2025, according to observers.

May 27, 2025
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Software Logistics Giant WiseTech Buys E2open for $2.1B

Australian shipping software company WiseTech Global made its biggest ever acquisition, agreeing to buy E2open Parent Holdings in a deal that values the U.S. firm at $2.1 billion.

May 27, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Volvo Cars to Cut 3,000 Jobs to Reduce Cost

Sweden-based Volvo Cars is eliminating 3,000 positions as part of a cost-cutting program as the auto industry faces challenges from trade tensions and resulting economic uncertainty.

May 27, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Signals He鈥檒l Approve Nippon Bid for US Steel

President Donald Trump said U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh in a possible signal that he鈥檒l approve a bid by Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in the steelmaker.

May 27, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Says He鈥檒l Delay Threatened EU Tariff Until July

President Donald Trump said May 25 that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc.

May 27, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Economic Factors Bombard Truck Makers From All Angles

Multiple adverse factors contributed to a much rougher three months for truck manufacturers in the first quarter of 2025 than was expected at the turn of the calendar year.

May 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessPrivateTop 100

JBS Overcomes Backlash to Secure NYSE Debut

The Brazilian company鈥檚 reorganization plan that has been years in the making received the votes it needed from minority shareholders at a meeting in Sao Paulo, JBS said in a filing.

May 23, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Volvo Cars CEO Insists R&D Direction Not Shifting to China

鈥淧eople worry Geely will centralize R&D in China. That鈥檚 a misunderstanding,鈥 Hakan聽Samuelsson said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no such plan, and Chinese operations are also cutting costs.鈥

May 23, 2025
BusinessTechnology

From Crickets to Click-Throughs

These days, YouTube has expanded to offer tools that enable companies to personalize their content, cash in on the podcast frenzy, facilitate in-video purchasing and more.

May 23, 2025
BusinessTechnology

TMS Suppliers Prepare for AI Implementation

Suppliers of transportation management systems are building connections with virtual agents and assistants powered by AI while also investing in their own AI features.

May 23, 2025