A national association of small-business truckers says the government’s rationale for mandating electronic logging devices (ELDs) are “weak and fail to justify violating the Fourth Amendment rights of professional truck drivers.” The group, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, wants the court to throw out the federal mandate that is scheduled to go into effect in December […]
The preliminary estimate for U.S. net trailer orders in July is 9,950 units — a shockingly low number. “Commercial trailer net orders fell over 25% sequentially in July and are less than half of the same month last year. While July is the industry’s weakest order month from a seasonal perspective, the m/m tumble was […]
A bit of an economic conundrum confronts the U.S. economy as the latest data shows that producer prices are up while industrial production is down. Ouch. Let’s go to the numbers: U.S. producer prices rose for a second straight month in May as the cost of energy products and services increased, but a strong dollar […]
With more than a hint of an economy on the rise, U.S. factories outperformed expectations,with overall industrial output gaining 0.7 percent last month, beating the consensus forecast of a 0.3 percent gain. In contrast, mining output, another component of total industrial production, fell 2.3 percent in April. The gain in factory output, coming after recent […]
If you think your morning commute s getting worse, you’re probably right. Many of the Top 10 cities on a new traffic congestion list suffered from having longer travel times vs. a year ago. According to a new report, the TomTom Traffic Index 2016, overall congestion is heaviest in big West Coast cities, and booming […]
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