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Movers press Congress on scams, housing and lawsuit abuse

5 hours 31 min ago
American Trucking Associations’ Moving and Storage Conference had a record-setting turnout for its annual Call on Washington event.

Autonomous drone firm Zipline seeks $1B at $20B valuation

6 hours 52 min ago
Zipline is in talks to raise around $1 billion in a funding round that would value the drone delivery and logistics startup at roughly $20 billion.

New state laws block third-party litigation funding

6 hours 58 min ago
North Carolina and Ohio adopted laws governing third-party litigation funding, adding momentum to the debate over the role of outside investors in civil lawsuits.

Trump administration to delay excess capacity tariffs

7 hours 3 min ago
The U.S. is expected to delay the announcement of new tariffs over allegations of trading partners’ excess manufacturing capacity at least until after next week’s planned summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump

CEOs, ex-military chiefs back Chinese connected car ban

7 hours 53 min ago
A group of retired military commanders and leading business executives are asking Congress to keep Chinese connected vehicle technologies from entering the U.S.

U.S. to reopen largest port for Mexican cattle shipments

9 hours 23 min ago
The port in Santa Teresa, N.M., is the second to reopen, after the U.S. in late 2024 stalled livestock shipments from Mexico in order to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm. 

Stellantis tells workers there's no future for Canada plant

10 hours 6 min ago
The plant has been idle since late 2023 and Stellantis reversed Jeep Compass production plans after tariff threats on foreign-made vehicles.

Diesel price surge jolts trucking industry

11 hours 8 min ago
Skyrocketing diesel prices are jolting the trucking industry amid a global energy crisis that also threatens freight movement.

DoorDash, Uber expand Costco delivery partnership in U.S.

11 hours 17 min ago
The growing availability of Costco on third-party delivery apps increases the competition for rival Instacart, which was one of Costco’s first third-party partners. 

Port of L.A. foiled 120 million cyberattacks in August

11 hours 59 min ago
The Port of Los Angeles identified intrusion, network exploitation, credential harvesting and malware attacks, among other efforts.

ExxonMobil weighs return to Venezuela

12 hours 3 min ago
ExxonMobil held talks with Venezuela about re-entering the country as the Texas oil giant explores whether to follow U.S. rivals back to the South American nation.

GFL draws rival bids from infrastructure investor groups

12 hours 33 min ago
Some of the world’s biggest infrastructure investors are clubbing up to take over GFL Environmental in what could be one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the year.

Trump bans Canadian goods from U.S. government purchases

12 hours 45 min ago
The order is the latest escalation by Trump in a trade fight that ramped up over the summer, as tit-for-tat tariff measures between the U.S. and Canada followed the last-minute collapse of a trade truce.

Carney embraces EU associate membership proposal

13 hours 15 min ago
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said closer ties with Europe would ensure no country could control Canada’s markets or undermine its sovereignty.

Oil prices ease as flows from Strait of Hormuz remain limited

13 hours 38 min ago
Brent crude traded 2.2% lower at $103.48 a barrel. Saudi Arabia’s closure of a key oil pipeline also adds to oil supply pressure as it moves to repair the pipeline.

Trump threatens Europe tariffs over Canada proposal

14 hours 3 min ago
“If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things,” Trump told reporters.

OEMs see positive momentum in Class 8 order activity

Wed, 09/16/2026 - 12:56
The Class 8 truck order environment remains solid despite a late-summer sequential slowdown as order books fill and buyers become more selective, OEMs say.

Federal Reserve hikes interest rate for first time in 3 years

Wed, 09/16/2026 - 12:42
The quarter-point increase lifts the Fed’s key rate to about 3.9% and, over time, could result in higher borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards.

Saudis seek to resume half of key oil pipeline within days

Wed, 09/16/2026 - 11:35
State-run Saudi Aramco is working to bypass a damaged section on the route that will allow it to resume part of the pipeline’s capacity, Bloomberg reported.

Cost to ship U.S. crude oil to Asia hits record $44.8M

Wed, 09/16/2026 - 10:05
Saudi Arabia closed the East-West pipeline, making American oil supplies even more critical, with record shipping costs doing little to deter buyers in Asia.

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