Budget includes $129B for transportation
More than 55 separate highway programs would be streamlined into five core programs to eliminate overlap.
Exxon Mobil Struggling to Replace the Oil it’s Drilling
My dad tells me there’s a lot of oil left in the ground. So explain to me why Exxon Mobil is buying up other companies to pad their own oil and natural gas reserves to meet their one-for-one replacement quota?
The oil game is all about replacing what…
Fatal crash on I-81 near Harrisburg puts spotlight on distracted driving
For a moment after the Volvo they were in screeched to a stop Friday morning during a sudden backup on Interstate 81, friends Todd Kocher and David Vogen gave each other a look like they were lucky to be alive.
Scuderi expands operations to Japan; continues promoting split-cycle engine
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Scuderi split cycle engine – Click above for high-res image gallery
We first got wind of the Scuderi Group and its split-cycle engine more than four years ago. At that time, it was showing off a…
Hours comment period extended to March 4
FMCSA extended comment period from Feb. 28 and made corrections to proposal.
Ames Lab researchers boost thermoelectric conversion by TAGS materials
A team led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory recently reported that doping members of the well-established TAGS group—tellurium, antimony, germanium and silver—of thermoelectric materials with 1% of cerium or ytt…
FedEx Trims Earnings Outlook on Higher Fuel, Weather-Related Costs
FedEx Corp. cut its quarterly earnings forecast by 25 cents a share, due to rising fuel prices and winter storms that slowed its operations.
AirTran flight attendants to begin pickets
AirTran Airways flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA will picket in six cities over the next six weeks, including Milwaukee, due to “management’s continued stalling of contract negotiations,” the union claims.
Diesel Continues to Rise, Gaining 2.1¢ to $3.534 a Gallon
Diesel’s national average price rose 2.1 cents to $3.534 a gallon, its 11th straight weekly increase, while gasoline also edged higher, the Department of Energy said.
Retail Sales Rise for Seventh Month
Retail sales rose 0.3% in January, the seventh straight increase, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.