Rail and intermodal traffic declined last week compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.
November 6, 2008FuelBusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Clean Energy Acquires Las Vegas CNG Stations
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has agreed to transfer ownership of five Las Vegas public compressed natural gas fueling stations to Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Clean Energy said Friday.
November 7, 2008Government
Wholesale Inventories Decline 0.1%
Wholesale inventories fell 0.1% in September, the first drop in almost two years, the Commerce Department said Friday.
November 7, 2008BusinessGovernmentLogistics
Navistar Plans Production Cuts at Ontario Plant
Navistar International Corp. will scale back production and could lay off as many as 500 workers at its Ontario, Canada, truck plant, the Canadian Press reported Thursday.
November 6, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
Xata鈥檚 4Q, Year-End Losses Narrow
Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said Thursday it lost $373,000, or 5 cents a share, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $4.5 million, or 57 cents, a year ago.
November 6, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernmentLogistics
Mullen鈥檚 Third-Quarter Income Slips
Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday its third-quarter profit slipped to C$36.2 million, from C$38 million a year ago, while earnings per unit held at 45 cents.
November 6, 2008GovernmentBusinessSafety
Third-Quarter Productivity Rises 1.1%
Third-quarter U.S. worker productivity rose 1.1% in the third quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.
November 6, 2008BusinessGovernment
Obama Eyes Infrastructure Spending to Stimulate Economy
President-elect Barack Obama may put spending on roads and bridges at the top of his agenda for stimulating U.S. economic growth, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
November 5, 2008BusinessGovernment
Ohio Carriers Protest Hikes in Overweight-Truck Fees
Trucking firms and agriculture interests, along with the City of Toledo, Ohio, are protesting a big hike in state fees for overweight vehicles, the Toledo Blade newspaper reported Wednesday.
November 5, 2008BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Services Index Slips Into Contraction
The U.S. economy鈥檚 service sector declined in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday.
November 5, 2008