Moderate second-quarter economic growth in the U.S. is generating demand for transportation workers, from truck drivers to receiving coordinators to warehouse laborers. Employers are having a tough time finding workers willing to take those jobs. (This article requires registration at the Journal of Commerce. To access, please click on the above link.)
Recently, The Wall Street Journal posted this blog report on takeaways from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual State of Logistics Report.
Consumer confidence in the Unites States was little changed last week as Americans’ views about their finances retreated for the first time since May.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents may hesitate to hand teens the keys to the family car, but Congress is proposing to allow drivers as young as 18 to get behind the wheel of big rigs on the nation’s interstates.
Industrial production ticked up 0.3% in June as the mining and utilities sectors saw a boost from an increase in crude oil extraction.
Norfolk Southern Corp. released its annual sustainability report that details the company’s efforts at improving locomotive fuel economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving operating safety and customer service, and increasing workforce diversity.
Doha, Qatar – The world’s largest mall is coming soon. The Mall of Qatar, which will encompass almost 4.2 million-sq.-ft. with 400 shops, a luxury hotel, a family entertainment center, a five-star restaurant and 82 other eating establishments, is slated to open in first quarter 2016.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has introduced a bill that would require drivers to be paid for hours worked rather than by the mile, increase minimum insurance levels, require a ruling mandating crash avoidance technology and mandate speed limiters.
A toxic mixture of overcapacity, weak demand and aggressive commercial pricing is threatening liner shipping industry profitability for the rest of 2015, according to the Container Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
More Americans than forecast filed for unemployment benefits last week, representing a pause in the pace of labor-market improvement. Jobless claims climbed by 15,000 to 297,000 in the week ended July 4, the highest since February, a Labor Department report showed July 9. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected claims of […]
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