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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.

GovernmentBusinessSafety

FAA Lifts Order Slashing Commercial Flights

The Federal Aviation Administration said Nov. 16 it is lifting all聽restrictions on commercial flights聽that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest聽government shutdown.

November 17, 2025
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UPS Driver Joins Actor Glen Powell for 'SNL' Monologue

Powell lamented that, for the past four years, the UPS driver might have thought he was a liar. So when he got the call to host "SNL," he and his family decided to make things right.

November 17, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyPerspective

Perspective: Safety Requires Rooting Out CDL Mills

A growing number of bad actors are posing as truck driver training schools, and the White House should be commended for taking this issue seriously, write Andrew Poliakoff and Chris Spear.

November 17, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Cyberattack Drives Major Loss at Jaguar Land Rover

The cyberattack fallout for JLR, already under pressure from U.S. tariffs, was so severe it dented the U.K. economy and forced the government to step in with an emergency loan guarantee.

November 14, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Moves to Cut Tariffs on Key Food Imports

The move comes as President Trump has pivoted to focusing on affordability measures as voters are growing increasingly wary of the economy under his leadership.

November 14, 2025
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ATA, CVSA Call for Third-Party ELD Certification

The push to strengthen ELD certification comes amid concern on the part of trucking companies, law enforcement and others about ELD tampering aimed at circumventing driver HOS limitations.

November 14, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Trucking Fleets Turn to Renewable Diesel for Cleaner Runs

Emissions can be reduced, and trucking fleets still can rely on today鈥檚 predominant vehicle technologies and fueling infrastructure.

November 14, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

If Supreme Court Strikes Tariffs, Wall Street Doubts Refunds

Wall Street heavyweights have struck deals with companies that could be eligible for reimbursement if tariffs are ruled unlawful, yet investors are finding the trade can be had for relatively cheap.

November 14, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Court Blocks New Rules Limiting Which Immigrants Can Get CDLs

The court said the federal government didn't follow proper procedure in drafting the rule and failed to 鈥渁rticulate a satisfactory explanation for how the rule would promote safety.鈥

November 14, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Back Merger

Roughly 99% of both railroads鈥 shareholders voted to support the largest rail merger in history, but the U.S. Surface Transportation Board must still OK it before the deal can be completed.

November 14, 2025