Sleek Fleet announced the official launch of its web- and mobile-enabled freight marketplace solution designed to directly connect owner operators with loads from shippers.
Sleek Fleet explained it maintains a database of verified drivers, with full driving histories, insurance information and more, and handles all transactions, paying drivers within four hours of proper paperwork submission.
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...Read the rest of this storySilicon Valley truck-sharing startup Doft (do freight transportation) announced it is integrating with online load-posting platform PostEverywhere. “This new integration will now give customers of both companies a more simplified freight posting process, improving the lives of truckers and shippers and pushing the entire trucking industry to new heights,” the company explained.
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...Read the rest of this storyHavis has released a new whitepaper to help fleet managers strategically plan their implementation of the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate.
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...Read the rest of this storyThe spot truckload freight market returned to pre-holiday activity levels during the week ending July 15 as the number of posted loads increased 35% and truck posts added 28%, said DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.
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...Read the rest of this storyMedtronic is a pure-play medical device company. As a quick overview, Medtronic is split up into four segments: the Cardiac and Vascular Group (CVG), the Minimally Invasive Group (MITG), the Restorative Therapies Group (RTG), and the Diabetes Group (DG). For those who are unfamiliar, let's first talk about diabetes and survey the available treatments.
AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, responding to rumors he might leave the drugmaker to join rival Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, has told staff he expects to work together with employees to see the company succeed. A company spokeswoman added he was intending to attend the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) annual meeting in Madrid in September, assuming that AstraZeneca had clinical data on its new immunotherapy medicine ready to present at the event. Soriot did not comment on whether he had received a job offer from Teva in the internal memo to staff, which was sent out at the start of this week.
General Electric reported lower second-quarter earnings Friday following a mixed performance of its industrial division as outgoing chief executive Jeff Immelt prepares to step down. GE in June announced that Immelt would step down as chief executive August 1, to be replaced by longtime executive John Flannery. GE has struggled to ignite strong growth in its industrial divisions after Immelt moved over the last two years to sell massive finance assets.
