• Aug 17, 2024

Refrigerated truckload market grows more vulnerable as fall harvest nears

The lack of volatility in produce-hauling rates out of California this summer supports the idea that the refrigerated market has more than seasonal pressure pushing rates higher. The post Refrigerated truckload market grows more vulnerable as fall harvest nears appeared first on FreightWaves.

  • Aug 17, 2024

Trump zigzags between economic remarks and personal insults at rally in critical Pennsylvania

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non sequiturs and personal attacks, including thrice declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump wound back and forth between hitting his points on economic policy and delivering a smattering of insults and impressions of President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron as he held a rally in northeastern Pennsylvania. The former president has seemed to struggle to adjust to his new opponent after Democrats replaced their nominee.

  • Aug 17, 2024

Fed Chair Powell steps into the spotlight at Jackson Hole

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