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Image via Flickr sayamindu For over 50 years, Lego has been selling building blocks made from oil-based plastic. The company recently decided to research green materials that could be used to build the bricks instead. By 2030, the Danish toy company aims to eliminate oil-based plastic from its production line.Oops! You don’t have permission to…
Image via Flickr by Ron Cogswell American Airlines and US Airways are giving up 52 vested slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as part of an agreement with the Department of Justice in order to get plans for their merger approved. Without buyers for these slots, some small and mid-sized airports around the country…
Image via Flickr by Rennett Stowe The trucking industry is always a good indicator of economic growth because home building and consumer purchasing directly affect how many tons of goods are shipped each quarter. The American Trucking Association (ATA) publishes a seasonally adjusted (SA) and non-seasonally adjusted report illustrating the amount of freight the trucking…
Image via Flickr by dave_7 The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted Truck Tonnage Index in the for-hire sector increased by 0.6 percent following a 4.7 percent gain in November. This last bump pushed the year 6.2 percent higher for the best performance since 1998. December’s index was 131.7, compared to its level of 130.9 in November. Without…
Image via Flickr by Mike Mozart Wal-Mart executives are considering a new price-matching program for their online retail division starting this holiday season. They already give their managers in brick-and-mortar stores the ability to price match competitor sales if a customer brings in proof of a cheaper price, but Wal-Mart is considering taking this to…
Image via Flickr by storyvillegirl The three largest shipping lines, Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM, are proposing an alliance known as the P3 Network Vessel Sharing Agreement. This agreement would allow the three companies to share vessels, port space, and resources in the world’s three largest shipping routes: Asia to Europe, trans-Atlantic, and trans-Pacific. Though the companies are moving…