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Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley to Run Americas After PSA Merger

DETROIT 鈥 Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley will run operations in the Americas when his company merges with France鈥檚 PSA Peugeot early next year.

December 18, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics, Top 100

UPS, FedEx Trucks Begin Vaccine Shipments

KALAMAZOO, Mich. 鈥 The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed Dec. 13 from Michigan to distribution centers across the country, with the first shots expected to be given in the coming week to health care workers and at nursing homes.

December 13, 2020
Government, Business

FDA Head Expects Vaccine Emergency Use Soon

WASHINGTON 鈥 The head of the Food and Drug Administration says his agency has told Pfizer that it 鈥渨ill rapidly work鈥 to grant emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine following a positive recommendation by government advisers.

December 11, 2020
Government, Business

Joe Biden Says He Won鈥檛 Immediately Lift China Tariffs

President-elect Joe Biden says he won鈥檛 immediately lift tariffs placed by President Donald Trump on many imports from China or break Trump鈥檚 initial trade deal.

December 2, 2020
Government, Business

Hurricane Delta Now Category 2, Roars at Mexico鈥檚 Yucatan

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph winds Oct. 6 on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on approach to the U.S. Gulf coast this week.

October 6, 2020
Government, Safety

US Traffic Deaths Fell 2% in 2019 for Third Straight Yearly Drop

Traffic deaths in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive year in 2019, the government鈥檚 road safety agency reported.

October 1, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

US Lawmakers Propose Tighter Rules for New Airplanes

Lawmakers who criticized regulators over the way they approved the Boeing 737 Max will propose changing the way that the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new plane designs and uses private-sector employees to perform safety analysis.

September 29, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Gulf Coast Braces for Second Round of Flooding in Sally鈥檚 Wake

爱豆传媒owners and businesses along the soggy Gulf Coast began cleaning up Sept. 17 in the wake of Hurricane Sally, even as the region braced for a delayed, second round of flooding in the coming days from rivers and creeks swollen by the storm鈥檚 heavy rains.

September 17, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Hurricane Sally Unleashes Flooding Along the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore in Alabama with 105 mph winds and torrential rain Sept. 16, swamping homes and trapping people in high water along the Gulf Coast as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South.

September 16, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

OPEC Forecasts Lower Demand; BP Sees 鈥楶eak Oil鈥 in 2020s

Developing countries鈥 difficulty in containing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will keep a lid on global oil demand, particularly in India, the OPEC cartel said Sept. 14 as it cut its forecasts.

September 14, 2020