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The 18 Former Employees Charged in the Pilot Flying J Federal Investigation

Eighteen former employees have been charged in the federal investigation of Pilot Flying J, the family business of Jimmy Haslam. Fourteen have pleaded guilty but have not been sentenced.

November 6, 2017
BusinessFuelTCA

John Verble, the Informant Who Helped Sack Jimmy Haslam’s Family Business, Pilot Flying J

For more than a year, the informant met secretly with FBI agents. He repeatedly slid into a dark sedan with tinted windows, sharing a narrative that would rock the family business of Cleveland Browns’ owner Jimmy Haslam.

November 6, 2017
BusinessFuelTCA

Jurors in Pilot Flying J Criminal Trial to Hear How Sales Team Veered Into Corruption

Jurors in a Chattanooga courtroom will be going inside what the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer concedes was a corrupt sales division where fraud was taught and celebrated.

November 6, 2017
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FMCSA Grant is Helping Iowa Veterans Train for Trucking

With driver shortages across the country, training to become a trucker can be a good bet for employment.

November 3, 2017
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Oil and Gas Companies Search for Truckers in Pennsylvania

After 42 years with the same employer, Kevin Spath of West Deer, Pa., is facing the prospect of losing his job.

November 3, 2017
BusinessTCA

Old Dominion Takes Big Swing With MLB Deal

When Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. landed an advertising and marketing contract with Major League Baseball earlier this year, it was part of a long-term strategy to grow its business, representatives of the Thomasville, N.C.,-based trucking and logistics company said.

November 3, 2017
BusinessLogisticsTCA

FedEx Holiday Season Surge Could Hit 400 Million Packages

FedEx expects to deliver 380-400 million packages this holiday season with three busy Mondays driving a record-breaking pace.

November 2, 2017
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Waymo Offers Peek at its Secluded Test Bed For Self-Driving Cars

A bicyclist pedaled alongside the road and a pedestrian wandered into the crosswalk, as a self-driving minivan headed through a maze of roads in a desolate landscape. As the vehicle turned right, its steering wheel rotated above the empty driver’s seat.

November 1, 2017
GovernmentFuelTCA

California Truckers to Pay 20¢ More a Gallon for Diesel Starting Nov. 1

Beginning Nov. 1, drivers across California can expect to pay an extra 12 cents per gallon for gasoline at the pump, and an extra 20 cents per gallon for diesel.

October 31, 2017
GovernmentSafetyLogisticsTCA

House 91ÊÓÆµland Security Committee Calls for Increased Security Funding at LA, Long Beach Ports

While praising efforts to protect the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports from terrorist and cyber-attacks, members of Congress aired concerns Oct. 31 about threats to public safety and the economy if federal funding for maritime security programs isn’t raised to meet new threats.

October 31, 2017

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