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Are FedEx And UPS Padding Profits? Or Just Ticking Off Customers?
2015-10-08 23:27:14| Trucking - Topix.net
FedEx announced a new fuel surcharge which will be added to shipping costs, despite the 24% drop in diesel fuel over the past year. With shipping costs higher heading into the holiday season, retailers will likely pass higher costs on to customers who in turn will have less purchasing power.
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Are FedEx And UPS Padding Profits? Or Just Ticking Off Customers?
2015-10-08 23:09:31| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx announced a new fuel surcharge which will be added to shipping costs, despite the 24% drop in diesel fuel over the past year. With shipping costs higher heading into the holiday season, retailers will likely pass higher costs on to customers who in turn will have less purchasing power.
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AP: With time ticking for the "Big One," West Coast quake warning system begins to take shape
2015-09-11 17:04:00| PortlandOnline
News story posted to usnews.com September 11, 2015.
Enbridges Aging Tar Sands Pipelines Beneath Great Lakes Are Ticking Time Bomb
2015-09-10 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Straits of Mackinac is a narrow waterway that separates Michigan`s lower peninsula from its upper peninsula. The straights connect two of the Great Lakes: Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. But underneath this iconic part of the Great Lakes are two 62-year old pipelines. The pipelines have never been replaced, despite the well-documented risk of a rupture. "If just one of the pipelines ruptured, it would result in a spill of 1.5 million gallons of oil--and thats if Enbridge, the company that owns...
Clock's ticking on half-funded capital plan, but MTA is slow to spend
2015-06-09 08:47:01| Railroads - Topix.net
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast is predicting "deep trouble" if lawmakers in Albany neglect to come up a plan to fully fund the agency's $32 billion, five-year capital plan. But the agency often lags in its state-of-good-repair spending anyway, a budget watchdog is reporting.