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Letter to the Editor: The New Reality

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. understand everyone’s concern about the increased cost for licenses as a result of the fingerprint and background checks that are required for hazardous materials endorsements, but get over it; it’s a done deal.

May 20, 2005

Atlas Air Issues Preliminary Financial Figures

Air cargo firm Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. said Friday it filed financial operating results for a five-month period ending Dec. 31, following its emergence from bankruptcy protection last July.

May 20, 2005

Visteon Reportedly Working With Ford on Plant Sales

Auto parts maker Visteon Corp. is moving toward a deal under which as many as 15 of its manufacturing plants would be sold or returned to Ford Motor Co., its former parent company, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

May 20, 2005

Rail Traffic Drops for Week but Intermodal Rises

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. otal rail volume dipped for the week ended May 14, though intermodal volume rose compared with last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

May 20, 2005

Florida Gov. Bush Vetoes Bill Limiting Left-Lane Travel

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) vetoed a so-called "road rage" bill that would have forced drivers doing the speed limit out of the left lane, news services reported.

May 20, 2005

Editorial: Oregon Tax Drama Resumes

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. regon is credited — or blamed — with inventing the weight-distance tax, back in 1947, as a way of collecting revenue from truckers. Eventually it was adopted by nearly two dozen other states.

May 20, 2005

Philadelphia Manufacturing Index Drops to 7.3

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia area fell to a 7.3 reading in May, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

May 19, 2005

Port of Miami Drops Final Suit Against Truckers

The Port of Miami withdrew its final lawsuit Wednesday against truckers who had shut down the port last summer over low pay and high costs, after both sides agreed to work to improve turnaround times.

May 19, 2005

Leading Economic Indicators Fall 0.2% in April

The index of leading U.S. economic indicators fell for a fourth straight month in April, in part due to high fuel prices, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

May 19, 2005

Southern California Ports Set to Install Peak-Hours Fees

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egistration will begin Monday for a new program aimed at reducing congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., by setting fees for drivers operating in peak daytime hours, the group administering the program said Thursday.

May 19, 2005

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