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More than 12,000 jobs have now been eliminated in the slumping truck-manufacturing industry since October 1999 as two more manufacturers announced new production cuts.

WASHINGTON — Hoping for a better reception at the Bush White House than she got from the Clinton administration, Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) last week reintroduced her bill to repeal the estate tax.

The National Private Truck Council named former National Moving and Storage Association chief executive Gary Frank Petty as its new president.

Advantage Management Group, an Ohio-based holding company with trucking and logistics assets, will buy tank truck carrier Kenan Transport Co. for about $84 million in cash, creating one of the nation’s largest bulk haulers of petroleum products, operating in 35 states.

Market observers are still predicting a drop in the price of diesel fuel despite two consecutive weeks of rising prices.

At the request of the California Trucking Association and the pipeline industry, the California Public Utilities Commission agreed Jan. 26 to exempt petroleum pipelines from rolling electricty blackouts that have disrupted businesses for weeks.

New FCC Chief Would Curb Agency Reach; Lucent Closes Silicon Valley Laboratory; Extranets, Extranets, Read All About' Em; Warning Signals; Preying on Service Providers

President Bush will allow Mexican trucks that meet U.S. safety standards to operate on U.S. roadways, the White House said Wednesday. Still to be settled is how to implement that decision.

Today's Headlines: Arnold 4Q Earnings Even With '99 Period; Scania May Cut Workforce Again; Ryder Meets 4Q Estimates; DaimlerChrysler Profits Drop 11%; Hino May Build 30,000 Delivery Trucks in U.S. Market; and more to come...

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