Program to help trucking companies cross Mexican border attracts drug smugglers A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American ...
UPS rates for ground, air express to increase in 2010; Fuel surcharge tables to be adjusted UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, ...
State sues BNSF to cover some central Montana rail costs Attorneys for Montana have filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company, accusing it of failing to live up to a 1984 agreement that the state says requires the company to pay some ...
FedEx launches sensor device for packages that tracks light, temperature, location in transit FedEx is introducing a new device that can track the temperature, light exposure and location of a package at any point in its journey. The package delivery company said ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N><BRKb.N> on Monday revealed new investments in Nestle AG <NESN.VX> <NSRGY.PK> and Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N>. In a ...
The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutting measures. The loss was $1 billion more than the year before despite job cuts and other efforts designed to save billions ...
The US Postal Service said Monday it lost 3.8 billion dollars in the just-ended fiscal year, prompting the need for deeper cost cuts and additional help from Congress. The USPS, which is a self-supporting US government enterprise, said its losses in the ...
Carrier Transicold offers new service to keep produce from spoiling in shipping containers A unit of United Technologies Corp. has launched a service for the container shipping industry aimed at preventing produce from spoiling in transit. Carrier Transicold is offering the service ...
Wis. police say highly intoxicated man survives after freight train cars roll over him Police said a highly intoxicated man who survived when multiple freight train cars rolled over him is "the luckiest guy alive." Police Major Kevin Lemke said Canadian National ...
Bermuda-based Teekay Tankers posts third-quarter loss as revenue founders Bermuda-based Teekay Tankers Ltd. posted a loss for the third quarter Friday as revenue slumped amid a downturn in shipping. The company said it lost $1.5 million, or 5 cents per share, compared ...
THEY'RE EMPLOYEES. NO, THEY'RE NOT Get ready for an intense new round in the long-running fight over which workers are independent contractors. Hard economic times have prompted some employers to classify more members of their labor forces as contractors. That way the ...
BUFFETT BAGS ONE Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has hinted for a while that he was on the prowl for big game. On Nov. 3 he bagged a trophy, laying out $26 billion for all the stock he didn't already own in ...
