Transportation Topics

The Mexican government said Monday it was revising its list of goods targeted for higher tariffs in retaliation for the U.S. government's refusal to reopen the border to long-haul cross-border trucking.

YRC Worldwide said Monday it completed the initial closing of its the previously announced sale of a portion of its YRC Logistics unit to a private equity firm.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region increased its rate of growth in August, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.

Retail sales rose 0.4% in July, let by higher auto and gasoline sales, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Business inventories rose 0.3% in June, a faster pace than the previous month, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Consumer confidence improved in August, according to the latest Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

The consumer price index rose for the first time in four months in July, the Labor Department said Friday.

The American Transportation Research Institute this week released its annual survey to gauge the trucking industry's top concerns.

Intermodal rail traffic rose 18.6% last week, the Association of American Railroads said.

New Century Transportation became the latest trucking company to plan an initial public offering, news services reported.

Canadian transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said it earned C$3.1 million, or 9 cents per unit, in the second quarter, up from C$1.1 million, or 3 cents, a year ago.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions' second-quarter profit rose to $1.5 million, or 5 cents per share, from $288,000, or 1 cent, a year ago.

Trailer Bridge Inc. reported its second-quarter profit improved to $900,000, or 7 cents per share, from $650,000, or 5 cents, a year ago.

General Motors Co. said Thursday it posted a $1.3 billion second-quarter profit, as it prepares to sell its stock to the public, the Associated Press reported.

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.2% in July, the first gain in three month, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Initial jobless claims hit their highest level since mid-February, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Panther Expedited Services said it has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Interstate 35 was closed near Ames, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon due to flash flooding, the Des Moines Register reported.

Logistics firm US 1 Industries said it earned $500,000, or 4 cents a share, in the second quarter, up from $250,000, or 2 cents, a year ago.

Third-party logistics provider AutoInfo said its second-quarter earnings rose to $1.2 million, or 3 cents a share, from $608,000, or 2 cents, last year.