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The Surface Transportation Board released new regulations aimed at dealing with railroad market dominance in rate reasonableness proceedings. “The final rule provides an option for simplifying the market dominance inquiry which otherwise can be costly and…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, was up by 2.5% in August on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 3% gain in July. However. on a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, the…
The movement of goods ordered online and delivered to their final destination will continue to be a key driver of the industrial real estate market, according to commercial real estate services giant Colliers International. The economic turbulence created by…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, rose 2.7% in July on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 0.1% gain in June. The unadjusted data show a 1.3% gain in July following a…
The American Society of Civil Engineers asserts that the Covid-19 pandemic has had detrimental effects on the nation's critical infrastructure, including airports, bridges, dams, drinking water, energy, inland waterways, parks, ports, roads, schools, transit…
The Surface Transportation Board may enjoy a full complement of five members if the Senate acts to confirm two nominees submitted by President Trump. Earlier this month the President nominated Robert E. Primus to be one of two Democrats on the board, for a…
More than half of U.S. companies are now open to invest in automation to survive changing market conditions created by the Covid-19 pandemic, a Honeywell Intelligrated study finds. The company’s 2020 Automation Investment Study reveals that the ecommerce…
There has been a lot of talk about how working from home is gaining ground as the favored mode of office work in the wake of Coronavirus, but commercial real estate giant JLL isn’t buying it. The company asserts that the physical office will maintain its…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended the waiver of random drug and alcohol testing for interstate truck drivers, but only those who haul certain supplies needed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency earlier extended its waiver of…
Labor unions, the media and political opponents of the Trump Administration continue to beat the drum about how the federal government, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in particular, has failed to act to protect workers adequately from…
In the midst of news about charges of promoting hate speech and engaging in censorship aimed at Internet giants Twitter, Facebook and Google, employers are asking how to protect themselves from the potential liability created by employees’ social media…
The American Logistics Aid Network has laid plans for dealing further with a year already been made estremely challenging by the Coronavirus. ALAN members provide in-kind supply chain services and expert supply chain management consultation to organizations…