Tag: Briefing

Trucking Adapts to Spike in Consumer Demand

AutomotiveMarch 26, 2020

Trucking is handling increased demand and awaits a potential surge of pent-up activity because of the coronavirus, but what that means for the...

Elaine Chao, Jim Mullen Honor Truckers, Update Industry Stakeholders

AutomotiveMarch 26, 2020

Federal transportation leaders thanked members of the trucking industry and updated them on recent regulatory actions during a conference call March 25. Transportation...

World Trade Sees Worst Downturn in Generation

AutomotiveMarch 26, 2020

The global economy’s most abrupt and consequential shock in at least a generation is unfolding at ports and other hubs of international commerce...

Italy Shuts Most Factories to Halt Virus

AutomotiveMarch 26, 2020

SOAVE, Italy — Italy has become the first western developed nation to idle most of its industry to halt the spread of the...

Coronavirus Won’t Stop New York From Trying to Legalize Marijuana

CannabisMarch 26, 2020

Despite the fact that New York state is on a fast track to becoming the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic and...

Senate OKs Historic $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Rescue Package

AutomotiveMarch 26, 2020

WASHINGTON — The Senate late March 25 passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care...

Oil Market Fears US Running Out of Storage Space

AutomotiveMarch 25, 2020

The U.S. oil market is displaying worries that stockpiles are going to run out of storage space, with futures being whipsawed as a...

CVSA Postpones Roadcheck Due to Coronavirus Crisis

AutomotiveMarch 25, 2020

This year’s International Roadcheck, originally set for May 5-7, has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns. A rescheduled date will be announced later,...

Chinese Plants Ramp Up Again as Rest of World Reels

AutomotiveMarch 25, 2020

While much of the world’s output is grinding to a halt because of the coronavirus, China is slowly emerging from its shutdowns by...

New York Governor Says State Will Still Pursue Marijuana Legalization Despite Coronavirus

CannabisMarch 23, 2020

The governor of New York said on Monday that he expects lawmakers to push ahead with plans to legalize marijuana even as the...

Corruption 2029 Review – Lost Soul

GamingMarch 23, 2020

In the banal future-war fiction that serves as set dressing for the battlefields of Corruption 2029, soldiers are remote-controlled living machines. These humanoid...