Russian shopping mall fire kills 64; no alarms reported
With the fire alarms silent and staff reportedly nowhere to be seen, a fire at a shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in Russia's ...
Spot rates, volumes hold on to higher ground
Spot truckload freight volume slipped 1.2% and truck posts increased 2% for the week ending March 17, said DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. Load-to-truck ratios and rates were relatively even, although both are considerab ...Read the rest of this storyPower up!
Electric fleets mean a renewed need for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) education as well as new infrastructure needs. ...Read the rest of this storyChina's premier pledges market opening in bid to avert U.S. trade war
Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday China and the United States should maintain negotiations and he reiterated pledges to ease access for American businesses, as China scrambles to avert a trade war. Li told a conference that included global chief executives that China would treat foreign and domestic firms equally, would not force foreign firms to transfer technology and would strengthen intellectual property rights, repeating promises that have failed to placate Washington. The United States asked China in a letter last week to cut a tariff on U.S. autos, buy more U.S.-made semiconductors and give U.S. firms greater access to the Chinese financial sector, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources.
China willing to talk trade
CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports China's foreign ministry says it is willing to hold talks with the United States to resolve differences on trade, as U.S. CEOs talk trade at China's Development Forum.