Iron Apple, UFSTP to partner on FSMA compliance training for carriers, brokers

TransComply, manager of the Uniform Food Safety Transportation Protocol (UFSTP) program, and Iron Apple, a supplier of food safety compliance solutions for food transport, will provide compliance training and solutions to help motor carriers and brokers comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (STF) rule and promote that compliance to the shipping community.

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Walgreens scraps Rite Aid takeover, to buy half its stores

Walgreens also said on Thursday it ended a related deal to sell as many as 1,200 Rite Aid stores to Fred's Inc , sending Fred's shares down 20 percent in premarket trading. Rite Aid's shares plunged 22 percent to $3.07, while Walgreens shares were up 5 percent at $81.02. Reuters reported last month that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff had asked the two companies and groups concerned about the deal for information that could be used in a lawsuit aimed at blocking it.

The right technology plus the right driver: A winning combination

In order for a fleet to achieve its fuel economy goals it needs the right combination of technologies and driver engagement.

And while some technology — like automated transmissions — lessens the impact of the driver on the fuel economy equation, the actions of the drivers still matter. Things like hard braking, time at idle, time in cruise control, operating speed (if speed is not governed by the fleet) and “jack rabbit” starts are all under the driver's control.

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Cab Command redesigned to mount on dashboard

Trump posts misleading tweet about Medicaid spending under the Senate Republican healthcare bill

President Donald Trump took exception Wednesday with a Democratic argument regarding Medicaid...

Buffett's Berkshire on verge of becoming BofA's top shareholder

Bank of America on Wednesday boosted its annual dividend 60 percent to 48 cents per share from 30 cents, beginning in the third quarter. Buffett has said a boost of that size would likely prompt him to swap Berkshire's preferred shares in the second-largest bank into common shares now worth about $16.7 billion. Berkshire did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

ICE director appears to break with one of Trump’s key beliefs on immigrants and crime

Thomas Homan, the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, appeared to...