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Executive Briefing - June 15
Oil Refineries Accused of Limiting Production Capacity; Railroads, Electrical Union Agree; Trailer Decline Drags Down Intermodal Totals; Jet Corr Chooses @Track Software; and more...
June 15, 2001Trucking Technology Report - June 14
Sprint Has Not Signed Pact with Virgin Mobile; GT Nexus Test OK, Roll-out Slated; Mobile Messaging Not for USA; and more...
June 14, 2001CNF Fires 900 Emery Worldwide Workers
CNF Inc. has fired 900 employees in a restructuring of its subsidiary, Emery Worldwide, and predicted that its second-quarter profit will be well below forecasts.
June 14, 2001PPI Rises 0.1%; Inventories Unchanged
A series of government reports released Thursday showed continued weakness but tame inflation in the U.S. economy, and suggested to analysts that the Federal Reserve can consider another cut in interest rates when it meets later this month.
June 14, 2001First Steps Taken to Add Lanes to Pennsylvania's I-81
Pennsylvania plans to add travel lanes to 77 miles of Interstate 81, the second-most heavily traveled Interstate on the East Coast.
June 14, 2001UFM Magazine: How Big an Issue is EGR?
Exhaust Gas Recirculation. By now, you should know the term. If not, learn it. Of all the new emissions technologies being discussed for diesels, EGR looms closest. It will be complex and expensive.
June 14, 2001Executive Briefing - June 14
New Business Group to Offer Alternative Fuel; Airlines, Unions Seek to End Disputes; California Demand Creates Ethanol Boom; New Round of Job Cuts Spurs Fears; and more...
June 14, 2001Fed Paints Poor Economic Picture in Beige Book
Economic activity throughout the United States was either little changed or slowed during the past two months, according to an economic report released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.
June 13, 2001Trucking Technology Report - June 13
Cell Phone Industry Adopts New Internet Standard; @Track to Equip Jet Corr's Fleet; SupplyLinks Folds; and more...
June 13, 2001Customs Nominee Wins Favorable Review From Users' Group
The Coalition for Customs Automation Funding likes what it sees in President Bush鈥檚 nomination of Robert C. Bonner, former administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, to become U.S. Customs Service Commissioner.
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