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Cole Museum Displays History of Transportation
A family tradition in trucking combined with a passion for charitable work led the former chairman of Coles Express to establish a museum to enable people to learn about the evolution of transportation.
May 18, 2001House Panel Schedules Fact-Finding Trip to Border
Members of the House Highways and Transit subcommittee will be visiting border inspection stations in San Diego and Laredo, Texas, as part of a fact-finding venture to determine the safety of Mexican trucks that cross into the United States.
May 18, 2001Executive Briefing - May 18
Werner Opens Terminal in Laredo, Texas; United Airlines Workers Say Ready to Strike; AAA Expects Record Travel During Memorial Day Weekend; Mitsubishi Reports Huge Loss Despite Truck Success; Study Finds Fuel Economy Lowest Since 1980; and more...
May 18, 2001President Unveils Energy Plan, Pushes Production
Increased production is, as expected, the centerpiece of President Bush’s long-awaited energy plan unveiled on Thursday.
May 17, 2001Trucking Technology Report - May 17
Intel to Describe New Chip; Emerging Technologies: Gaining the Wireless Edge; The New Wireless Cheerleaders? E-Tailers; and more...
May 17, 2001LEI Ends Downward Trend; Philly Fed’s Index Falls
Two economic reports issued Thursday offered different conclusions about the effectiveness of the recent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
May 17, 2001Senate Budget Chief Proposes to Boost Border Spending
WASHINGTON — Sen. Pete Domenici, the New Mexico Republican who chairs the Budget Committee in the Senate, wants to give the Customs Service an additional $500 million to spend on brick and mortar for its facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
May 17, 2001FMCSA Misses Deadlines for Key Reports on Trucking
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is still swimming against the tide in efforts to meet statutory deadlines as the agency has failed to send Congress two reports required in the agency’s fiscal 2001 appropriations bill.
May 17, 2001CF Requests Reversal in Sex Discrimination Suit
Consolidated Freightways filed a motion for a new trial in a case in which a former employee was awarded $1.1 million in damages for sex discrimination.
May 17, 2001Executive Briefing - May 17
United Cargo Raising Some Domestic Rates; Layoffs Up Sharply From Year Ago; Bush Names Two to NLRB; Engineer Error Caused Runaway Train; and more...
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