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Gasoline Average Jump 20 Cents, Lundberg Survey Says
Average U.S. retail gasoline prices jumped 20 cents in the past two weeks to $2.55 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
March 12, 2007Technology Briefs 鈥 March 6 - March 12
New Mexico Senate Approves Biodiesel Bill 鈥 Dickinson Launches Online Maintenance Tool 鈥 Massachusetts Extends Fast Lane Discounts 鈥 IANA, T-Chek Set Fuel-Card Deal
March 12, 2007Oregon Nonprofit Group Features 鈥楪reen鈥 Technology for Trucks
Cascade Sierra Solutions, a nonprofit group that promotes the sale of products to help truck drivers save fuel and reduce emissions, said it has opened the first of what could be as many as eight 鈥済reen truck technology鈥 showrooms along the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon, Washington and California.
March 12, 2007EPA Proposes Emission Cuts for Train and Marine Engines
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed for the first time sharp cuts in exhaust emissions from railroad locomotive and marine engines in a plan a spokesman said would 鈥渇ollow exactly the same pattern鈥 as environmental regulations for truck engines.
March 12, 2007Sirva CEO Leaving Company for Position with Coca-Cola
Moving company Sirva Inc. said Friday that Chief Executive Officer Brian Kelley is leaving the company to take a position at Coca-Cola North America.
March 9, 2007DOT Issues Daylight-Saving Time Reminder
The Department of Transportation issued a reminder that starting in 2007, daylight-saving time will begin three weeks earlier, starting this weekend.
March 9, 2007Trimac鈥檚 4Q Income Dips; Full Year Improves
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund earned C$3.1 million or 8 cents per unit in the fourth quarter, down from C$5.7 million or 13 cents a year earlier.
March 9, 2007Payrolls Rise by 97,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Dips to 4.5%
U.S. payrolls rose by 97,000 in February and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.5% from 4.6% the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday.
March 9, 2007Dynamex Reports Higher Second-Quarter Profit
Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. said its fiscal second-quarter net income rose to $3.7 million or 35 cents a share, from $2.7 million or 24 cents a year earlier.
March 9, 2007Class 8 Fleet Size Grows 5.2% in 2006 as Carriers Stock Up
The number of heavy-duty trucks in use in the United States increased 5.2% to 3.51 million Class 8 commercial vehicles last year, as fleet owners stocked up on new trucks and kept more old vehicles in service, market research firm R.L. Polk & Co. said.
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