Driver Turnover Rises, Showing Stronger Economy, ATA Says
Driver turnover rose sharply in last year’s fourth quarter as carriers boosted payrolls, indicating stronger economic recovery, American Trucking Associations said Thursday.
FTR shipping index tightens
The short-term forecast calls for continued deterioration from the current index as the outlook for capacity shortages worsens.
Rentech receives term sheet for loan guarantee from DOE for recently-acquired advanced-stage renewable power project in Florida
Rentech, Inc. has received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Section 1705 Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program, for an advanced-stage renewable power project in Port St. Joe, Florida, that would employ a Re…
Saving 9/11 Memories
Rosemary Cain volunteers at a visitor center across the street from the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.
Hate hybrids and plug-ins? Well, F you punk
Hybrid haters are losers
Please tell me how gas guzzling makes America stronger
I understand hybrid and plug-in vehicle hate. First, many hybrid and plug-in buyers are elitist, condescending a-holes. Second, and even far worse, hybrids and plug-ins are…
Ioxus receives $21M Series B investment
Ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus, Inc. (earlier post) has received a total of $21 million from Energy Technology Ventures (a GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips joint venture), Northwater Capital through its Northwater Intellectual Property Fund, Aster Capit…
Disruptive technologies: Lithium-ion batteries
Is lithium a disruptive technology?
Can chemistry change the way America drives?
“To compete with advancing gasoline/diesel engines, EV traction batteries have to be much more than twice as energy dense as lithium-ion ever will be, at least three tim…
LCC provost defends proposed cuts
If the cuts are approved by the college’s Board of Trustees, students in the affected programs would have until May 2012 at least to finish their degrees.
Producer Price Index Rises 0.7% in March
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.7% in March, led by cost increases in energy and light trucks and automobiles, the Labor Department said Thursday.
Initial Jobless Claims Rise for Week
Initial jobless claims jumped by 27,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.