GOP lawmakers from five states are seeking federal legislation to create nationwide trucking safety standards to curb what they describe as frivolous lawsuits.

Drivers are paying an average of $4 a gallon for gasoline and $5.40 a gallon for diesel in the second week of August for the first time.

With two months left in the fiscal year, the deficit so far for fiscal 2026 totals $1.8 trillion, Treasury Department data showed Aug. 12.

PMTA's Rebecca Oyler says ATA's National Truck Driving and Step Van Driving Championships and CVSA;s North American Inspectors Championship share a mission of making highways safer.

Retailers are benefiting from greater consumer resiliency than might have been expected, but the chains creating the most consistent demand are discount stores.

The buying splurge is being spearheaded by China’s state-owned agricultural traders, with the private sector largely sitting on the sidelines because the trade isn’t commercially viable.

The world faces a shortfall of 1.8 million barrels a day this quarter as “renewed hostilities and maritime disruptions” derail a production recovery in the Middle East, according to IEA.

Proficient Auto Logistics will buy Hansen & Adkins for $130 million in a deal that would make the combined entity the largest auto hauler in North America.

Ann-Marie Campbell, senior executive vice president, will oversee day-to-day operations, and CFO Richard McPhail will lead financial management and the company’s subsidiaries involving professional contractors. 

The escalating rhetoric raises further doubt that any immediate deal can be reached over the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil flowed before the U.S. and Israel started attacking Iran on Feb. 28.

Consumer prices rose 3.4% in July from a year ago, down from 3.5% in June, and up 0.1% from June.

Okuda served as president then chairman of Toyota from 1995 through 2006. He is especially remembered for having led the development of the gas-electric hybrid Prius, introduced in 1997.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude rose 0.19% to $89.08. U.S. gasoline prices edged 2 cents higher overnight to a national average of $4.04 per gallon, according to AAA. 

As the conflict extends into a sixth month, consumers around the world are once again facing the prospect of higher fuel prices and inflation.

Production soared 51.8% year over year in July to 14,675 trucks and buses from 9,668 vehicles in the year-ago period.

A “normal” cattle flow could be seen as soon as the second quarter of 2027, according to Wesley Batista Filho, who takes over as CEO next year.

ACV also is weighing a strategic partnership as an alternative to a sale, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.

Boeing will take an almost 20% stake in Archer and enter into a technology-sharing arrangement, through which Boeing will retain access to the Wisk core autonomous flight technology for its current and next-generation commercial and defense aircraft.

The shuttling and transfers of barrels are providing a vital lifeline for global energy markets during the ongoing tensions in the region.

Brent crude oil dipped 0.6% to $87.18 a barrel, after surging 5% on Aug. 10 due to uncertainty over when the Strait of Hormuz may reopen.