Loretta Chao
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New York, United States
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How to Survive the Worst Astrological Day of 2019 So Far
On June 19, Mercury and Mars oppose Pluto, bringing big fights, power struggles, and a generally catastrophic energy—here's how to deal. → Read More
E-Commerce Fueled Logistics Hiring in November
Logistics and transport companies added 8,900 jobs in November, extending strong employment gains driven by online distribution demands. → Read More
Heavy-Duty Truck Order Cancellations Hit Two-Decade High
Heavy-duty truck fleets canceled new orders for big rigs at the highest rate since 1995, a sign of dimming confidence in a freight shipping turnaround. → Read More
Trucker J.B. Hunt Will Add to Fleet in 2017
Trucker J.B. Hunt Transport Services will add more than 100 trucks to its truckload operation and as many as 700 to its dedicated services unit in 2017. → Read More
Logistics Hiring Surged by 7,500 Jobs in October
Logistics and shipping jobs surged in October, with trucking, warehouses, express operators and railroads all expanding payrolls from the month before. → Read More
Truck Orders Tumbled 46% in October
Heavy-duty truck orders fell 46% year-over-year in October, extending a steep decline in orders for freight-hauling rigs. → Read More
XPO Reports Third-Quarter Profit as E-Commerce Shipping Grows
XPO Logistics Inc. is seeing more demand from online retailers for its shipping and warehouse management services, driving a second-consecutive quarterly profit → Read More
Appeals Court Upholds Trucker E-Log Rule
A federal appeals court upheld a safety mandate that will require millions of truck drivers to record their hours behind the wheel using electronic logging devices. → Read More
XPO Logistics Sells Truckload Shipping Business to TransForce for $558 Million
XPO Logistics has sold its truckload shipping business to Canadian trucking company TransForce for $558 million, the company said. → Read More
America’s Biggest Filer of Patent Suits Wants You to Know It Invented Shipping Notification
Shipping & Transit LLC, a Florida company, demands license fees mostly from small businesses, reflecting a shift in patent litigation; ‘we just want to get this over with’ → Read More
Jabil Enters Supply-Chain Software Business
The electronics manufacturer for Apple, Cisco and others hopes customers will also want to buy the company’s supply-chain management services. → Read More
Driver-Screening Firms Draw Scrutiny
Truckers say faulty background checks and difficulties getting access to paid reports and resolving disputed information are depriving them of jobs. → Read More
Some XPO Logistics Workers Vote to Unionize
XPO Logistics Inc. warehouse workers and truck drivers in Connecticut and Illinois have voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union said Thursday. → Read More
FedEx, UPS Gear Up for Holiday Season With More Sorting Hubs, Technology
Holiday hiring is expected to be flat at package-delivery giants FedEx and United Parcel Service, but that masks efforts behind the scenes to prepare for the coming wave of e-commerce orders. → Read More
XPO Logistics Reports Record Profit
The logistics and trucking company’s second-quarter earnings of $42.6 million, or $0.35 a share, was XPO’s first profit in at least four years as e-commerce business surged → Read More
Target Hires Supply Chain Executive From Apple
Benjamin Cook, a veteran of Apple, Kimberly-Clark and Home Depot, will help Target calibrate its supply chain to handle growing online sales. → Read More
With Subscription Beauty Boxes, Rules of E-Commerce Don’t Apply
For Birchbox, Glossybox, TestTube and other monthly online subscription beauty services, packing lots of delicate items of different sizes is often manual and inefficient. → Read More
Union Targets XPO Logistics
Labor activists seeking to unionize truck drivers are targeting XPO Logistics, which acquired large fleets in the U.S. and Europe last year. → Read More
Logistics Chief Expects Truckers to Adapt to New Safety Rules
The head of freight broker C.H. Robinson says trucking companies will adapt to new safety regulations despite sharp divisions in the industry over the rules. → Read More
Human Trafficking Group Teams With U.S. on Anti-Slavery Funding
Humanity United will work with U.S. government agencies to back technology aimed at halting the use of slavery in global supply chains. → Read More