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What started as a pleasant hiking trip on Mount Kearsarge ends with a mountain rescue and a marriage proposal. The view from the top of Kearsarge (Photo: Halsey/iStock via Getty) Published on July 16, 2026 11:34 am Last weekend, Tim Duperre and 29-year-old Alexis Hardy were hiking on Mount Kearsarge on New Hampshire’s Barlow Trail
July 16, 2026 1:19 pm, EDT An oil refinery in Houston. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg) key takeaways: Profits at American refiners, which convert crude oil into gasoline and diesel, are hitting records as fuel supply disruptions caused by the war have pushed up prices of refined products. The average per barrel margin a US refiner receives
July 13, 2026 4:00 PM, EDT Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in February. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg) key takeaways: Treasury data from July 13 showed that the US budget deficit for the first nine months of fiscal year 2026 rose 2% to $1.37 trillion, a $120 billion gap in June. The reversal followed a
A 2026 Ram 1500 pickup truck. (Seongjoon Cho/Bloomberg) July 13, 2026 9:39 am, EDT key takeaways: Stellantis reported on July 13 that shipments rose 10% to nearly 1.6 million vehicles in the second quarter due to strong growth in North America. The growth was boosted by a 38% increase in North American shipments and a
Mack Trucks plant in Macungie, PA. “Order activity in June reflects the strength we are seeing across the industry,” says Jonathan Randall, Mack Trucks North America. (Mac Truck) July 9, 2026 5:27 pm, EDT key takeaways: ACT Research reported that North American Class 8 orders increased 231% year over year to 31,400 units in June.
DTNA’s fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia. (Daimler Trucks North America) July 8, 2026 2:45 pm, EDT key takeaways: Daimler Trucks North America posted its first year-over-year quarterly sales gain in six quarters, with sales rising 8% to 41,687 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026. Despite earlier weakness related to tariffs reflecting improved freight demand and order
FedEx Freight posted revenue of $2.41 billion in the most recent quarter, up 4.8% from $2.30 billion in the year-ago period. (Artistic Operations/Getty Images) June 26, 2026 3:19 pm, EDT key takeaways: FedEx Freight said the tightness of the truckload market boosted fiscal fourth-quarter earnings as heavy backhaul spillovers supported revenue in the quarter ended
Marelli’s headquarters and R&D center are in Saitama, Japan. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg) June 25, 2026 5:18 pm, EDT key takeaways: Stellantis and Nissan are in talks to buy some of Marelli’s assets as the auto parts supplier reorganizes in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Marelli employs more than 40,000 people and has blamed declining customer sales, tariffs and
Amazon fulfillment center in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Bloomberg) June 22, 2026 8:56 am, EDT key takeaways: Amazon’s four-day Prime Day sale starts June 23, with U.S. online spending expected to reach a record $26.3 billion, up 9% from last year. This phenomenon matters because inflation and higher gas prices drive demand for