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Gene Munster Sees 'Massive Opportunity' For Amazon In Retail And Logistics, Expects Investors To Be Rewarded
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 12:19pm | 607Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) kicked off its 48-hour Prime Day sale on Tuesday. Deepwater Asset Management's Gene Munster says the competition should look out. What To Know: Amazon’s Prime Day event offers Prime members exclusive access to the company's ...
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US Postal Service Looks Electric: Here's The Latest Winners In New Round Of Truck Contracts
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 3:47pm | 765The United States Postal Service (USPS) is looking to improve its fleet of vehicles. A contract in 2022 was met with backlash as it focused less on electric vehicles than expected, something it is looking to improve going forward. USPS recently awarded a number of postal truck contracts, some...
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Workhorse Withdraws Next-Gen Mail Truck Bid Protest
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 12:04pm | 601Workhorse Group is withdrawing its protest of a multibillion-dollar delivery truck contract that the U.S. Postal Service had awarded to Oshkosh Corp. after reconsidering the background of the bid as well as other business opportunities. "Since I joined the company six weeks ago, we have been...
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Workhorse Withdraws USPS Legal Challenge Against Oshkosh: What Investors Should Know
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 8:49am | 372A challenge to a large U.S. Postal Service new vehicle contract has been withdrawn by one of the finalists. What Happened: Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) has voluntarily dismissed a challenge to the USPS contract won by Oshkosh Group (NYSE: OSK). The challenge was to a contract awarded to...
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Postal Service Plans On Hiring More Than 40,000 Seasonal Workers
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 1:42pm | 898The winter holidays aren't what they used to be. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Hanukkah, and other seasonal celebrations, store shelves usually could be found filled to the brim with holiday merchandise, but that's a thing of the past with the supply chain facing some of the worst...
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Not Just Electric: Oshkosh Says Postal Trucks Purpose Built For Carriers
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 - 2:09pm | 899Oshkosh Defense has built electric vehicles for more than 20 years, but they've always been more or fewer one-offs for special purposes. That all changes with its multibillion-dollar order for new mail trucks that make up the largest fleet in the U.S. and maybe the world. "What we've seen happen...
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Postal Service Reports $3 Billion Year-On-Year Loss
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 12:14pm | 644Shipping and package volume moved by the U.S. Postal Service declined by 14.1% year-on-year in its fiscal year 2021 third quarter as a surge in demand for package delivery services began to slow, the quasi-governmental agency said Friday. Revenue for that sector of the Postal Service's business...
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Workhorse Sues Postal Service Over Delivery Truck Contract
Thursday, June 17, 2021 - 1:15pm | 643Workhorse Group (NASDAQ: WKHS) has sued the U.S. Postal Service over the government agency's awarding of a piece of its $6.8 billion delivery truck contract to Oshkosh Corp. (NYSE: OSK), a move Workhorse had been considering since the award was announced in February. Workhorse's bid protest was...
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The Daily Dash: Oshkosh, Workhorse Tangle Anew Over Postal Service Contract
Friday, April 30, 2021 - 11:09am | 483The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight the Oshkosh-Workhorse squabble over a Postal Service contract, as well as hopes for federal funding for truck charging stations and more. The High Five 1. Oshkosh Truck Corp. can make 100...
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Fintech Focus For March 25, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 9:36pm | 2283Quote To Start The Day: Brainpower doesn’t have a zip code. Source: Laura González-Estéfani One Big Thing In Fintech: A new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicates that asset management giant Fidelity is seeking to create a bitcoin exchange-traded fund...
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Why Workhorse Shares Rallied 13% Today
Monday, March 8, 2021 - 10:12pm | 408Workhorse Group Inc (NASDAQ: WKHS) rose almost 13% in the regular trading on Monday. What Happened: The surge came as a group of 17 U.S. House Democrats introduced a bill to award $6 billion to the United States Postal Service in order to purchase tens of thousands of electric delivery vehicles,...
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Workhorse Group Stock Rallies: Technical Levels To Watch
Monday, March 8, 2021 - 2:03pm | 480Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) shares were trading higher on increased volume in Monday’s trading session. The stock may be trending amid a report on a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide the post office with $6 billion in new electric vehicles. Here are...
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Fintech Focus For February 26, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 7:35pm | 1724Quote To Start The Day: “The time to settlement equals counterparty risk, which can become elevated during market shocks. It can also lead to the need for higher margin requirements, which are critical to protecting the financial system and investors against a firm default.” “We...
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Workhorse Shares Rally On Report Of Congressional Democrats Moving To Block USPS, Oshkosh Deal
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 6:10pm | 418Shares of Workhorse were hit hard this week after it was announced the company failed to win a large contract with the U.S. Postal Service. More news from Washington, D.C. on Thursday sent the stock rallying into the close. What Happened: The United States Postal Service announced a contract...
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Cathie Wood Buys The Dip In Workhorse Again
Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 1:36pm | 501Shares of Workhorse dropped this week after it was revealed the company was not the winner for a key USPS contract. One ETF manager is using the pullback as a buying opportunity. What Happened: Cathie Wood and the team at Ark Funds added more shares to the firm's stake in...