Texas is putting the United States Postal Service's future to the test. The Postal Service initiated a trial program in mid-September to provide same-day parcel deliveries between different locations around the state. The USPS Connect program began in Dallas and Houston and has now grown to dozens more locations throughout...
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The Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore has finally been expanded
On Monday, 29th of November, state and federal officials started ground on a $466 million project to enlarge the Howard Street Tunnel to handle double-stacked container trains to and from the Baltimore Port. The Baltimore project had been considered for years, with CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) on the verge of abandoning...
Retail stocks are high in advance of the holidays, but the replenishment cycle is still long
Consumers spent at a healthy pace during retail's fiscal third quarter, which ran through the end of October, despite declining stimulus and additional jobless benefits, as well as a peaking delta variation. When compared to the year-ago quarter, the most noticeable takeaway from the time may be the amount of...