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Trucking Holds as Dominant Freight Mode, ATA Trends Report Says
2014-05-12 17:28:30| Trucking - Topix.net
Trucking remains the dominant U.S. mode of freight transportation, hauling 69.1% of freight last year totaling 9.7 billion tons, with both figures up from a year earlier, American Trucking Associations reported May 12. Trucking's percentage was up from 2012's total of 68.7%, and tonnage rose from 9.4 billion tons a year earlier, according to ATA's ... (more)
Drone Almost Hit Airliner Over Florida in March, FAA Says
2014-05-10 22:20:01| Airlines - Topix.net
An unmanned aircraft almost struck a US Airways plane over Florida in March, a pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration , highlighting safety concerns as U.S. regulators develop rules for civilian drone use.
Keep Or Kill Last Lab Stocks Of Smallpox? Time To Decide, Says WHO
2014-05-10 08:01:19| Biotech - Topix.net
U.S. Marine Sgt. Robert Scoggin got a vaccination against smallpox in 2003 at Camp Pendleton, California one of the final steps then before deployment overseas.
Ford's $1.8 billion stock repurchase underscores confidence in 2015 F-150 launch, analyst says
2014-05-08 17:27:12| Automakers - Topix.net
Ford Motor Co . plans to buy back up to approximately 116 million shares of company stock worth about $1.8 billion.
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Rising carbon dioxide levels affect nutrients in crops, study says
2014-05-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The increased concentration of carbon dioxide that comes with climate change could mean some basic food plants will carry lower concentrations of iron and zinc -- and deficiencies of those nutrients are already a "substantial global public health problem," scientists reported Wednesday. The edible portions of many of the key crops for human nutrition have decreased nutritional value when compared with the same plants grown at the present ambient [carbon dioxide]. - Study published in the journal...
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