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UP's Profit Report Improving, Executive Says

A Union Pacific executive told managers the company is aiming for big improvements in earnings for this year.

February 11, 1999

Nissan Truck-Making Subsidiary to Close Plant, Cut More Jobs

An ailing truck-making subsidiary of Nissan Motor Co. will shut down an assembly plant in Japan and cut about 25 percent of its work force in a stepped-up restructuring drive, a major Japanese newspaper said Thursday.

February 11, 1999

California Law Firms Will FileSuit Against Engine Makers

A group of California law firms said it will sue diesel engine manufacturers on behalf of truckers for damages resulting from the deal to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

February 10, 1999

ATA Bolsters Lobbying Effort

There鈥檚 a new trucking lobbyist on the block, and his name is Joe Hart.

February 10, 1999

S. Carolina Considers Interstate Tolls

TT File PhotoThe South Carolina Department of Transportation is considering putting tolls on its Interstates to make up for $9.4 billion shortfall in highway maintenance funding.

February 10, 1999

Maine Republicans Offer Alternative

Maine Gov. Angus King is less than enthused by an alternative advanced by three Republican senators to the 5 cent gasoline tax increase he supports.

February 10, 1999

Oklahoma Legislator Suggests Diesel Tax to Finance Railroad Growth

An Oklahoma state senator wants to finance railroad growth by taxing truckers at the gas pump.

February 10, 1999

Regulators to Discuss Eye Studies

Federal trucking regulators will hold a conference this spring on new eye-based technology to measure driver alertness.

February 10, 1999

S. Dakota House Passes Plan to Reduce Railroad Tax Breaks

Tax breaks provided railroads for a quarter of a century in exchange for improvements to their lines should be reduced, the South Dakota House decided Tuesday.

February 10, 1999
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EPA Allegedly Approved Engine 'Defeat Devices'

Freightliner Corp. and its parent company, Daimler-Benz AG, claim that in 1991 the Environmental Protection Agency explicitly condoned the same electronic emissions controls that the agency later called 鈥渄efeat devices,鈥 forcing U.S. diesel engine makers into a punishing settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

February 9, 1999

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