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OPEC to Cut Production by 1 Million Barrels Per Day
In a unanimous move, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to cut production of crude oil by 1 million barrels a day effective Sept. 1.
July 25, 2001Sales of Existing 91视频s Slip in June
Sales of previously owned homes fell 0.6% in June, but kept up a pace that should help buoy the U.S. economy, according to an industry report.
July 25, 2001Executive Briefing - July 25
Ryder Earnings Down, Tops Estimates; Mounting Layoffs to Shake Consumer Confidence; Cannon Bankruptcy Suit Dismissed; Norfolk Southern Earns 28 Cents Per Share in 2Q; Vitran Increases Stake in Freight Connection; and more...
July 25, 20011980 Act Turned Trucking Into a Whole New Ballgame
Twenty years ago, Jake Wood was a young accountant working for Arthur Andersen in Omaha when he got the assignment of working with four new trucking clients.
July 25, 2001Class 8 Sees Slide After Encouraging Increases
Class 8 heavy-truck sales dipped 5.4% in June from the May 2001 high of 13,719, as five of eight nameplates sold fewer heavy-duty trucks than they did the month before. The total was 12,980.
July 25, 2001Trucking Technology Alert -- July 24
Soft Keyboards Ease Mobile Messaging; Business Models Affect Collaboration; Wireless Streaming Technology Still Unproven and more...
July 24, 2001Trucking: An Industry in Transition
The year 2000 will be remembered as the year in which everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Fuel costs soared, the stock market fell, insurance premiums doubled and tripled for some firms, used truck values plummeted and demand for freight services softened. It was trucking鈥檚 equivalent of the perfect storm.
July 24, 2001Letter to the Editor: Rate Regulation
Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor.Instead of cutting each other鈥檚 throats over rates, we should band together and lobby Washington to get them to regulate rates.
July 24, 2001Executive Briefing - July 24
NHTSA Investigating Firestone Replacement Tire Model; Poor Earnings Lead to More Job Cuts; Wabash Posts $10.8 Million Loss; and more...
July 24, 2001Diesel Price Drops to 18-Month Low
The national average price of diesel fuel dropped again last week, to $1.348 per gallon, the lowest average price since January 17, 2000, when the price was $1.307.
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