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P.A.M. Transportation lays off 75 employees, mostly nondrivers
P.A.M. Transportation says it has temporarily laid off approximately 75 employees as auto plant closures increase.
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Grocery stores and other retailers trim hours and limit purchases
Grocery stores curtail hours and enforce limits on staple purchases as coronavirus-induced panic buying empties store shelves of many items. High-touch retailers shutter stores.
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Borderlands: Walmart opens $27 million distribution center in Mexico City; Texas seaports receive $39 million for expansion
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Walmart opens new distribution center to…
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Apple closing stores, will others follow?
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced today that it is closing all its retail stores outside China in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The company has…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Today’s Pickup: ‘Deer crossing’ gets an AI makeover with StradVision animal detection system
Good day, StradVision, an AI-based camera perception system, has announced it is developing animal detection capabilities for its SVNet software, which is used in advanced…
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Target sees ‘strong’ February sales, monitoring virus-related supply chain stress
‘Strong sales’ in February are expected to continue through Easter. Disruptions to the company’s supply chain continue to be monitored.
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Driver issues
Walmart requests payout delay in sleeper berth case
Company seeks stay from federal court while it considers Supreme Court appeal.
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Today’s Pickup: Uber partners with Samsara to offer discounted fleet management solutions
Good day, Uber Freight has announced a partnership with Samsara, an electronic logging device (ELD) and fleet management solutions provider, to help carriers with six…
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Driver issues
Walmart touts driver wages despite court rejecting back-pay rehearing
“No decisions” on next steps after appeals court ruling on sleeper berth petition.
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Driver issues
Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of Walmart sleeper berth case (with video)
$54.6 million in back wages at stake for drivers in California.
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