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Defense Bill Has $20 Million for Trucking Security
The defense spending act President Bush signed last week directed that the $20 million in truck security grants Congress gave to the Transportation Security Administration in February should be used to fund the American Trucking Associations Highway Watch program.
April 23, 2003Security Briefs - April 17 - April 23
Trucking Worried About New Explosives Law • Two Arrested With Dynamite at Ambassador Bridge • Underfunded Seaports Vulnerable to Terrorism • Missouri Launches Highway Watch
April 23, 2003FMCSA to Unveil Hours Plan
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it would announce new rules governing commercial drivers' hours of service this week, the agency's second attempt in three years to revise the 64-year-old regulations.
April 23, 2003News Briefs - April 23
Price of Crude Oil Falls Ahead of OPEC Meeting • Ryder's Earnings, Revenues Rise • ArvinMeritor Sees Sales of Truck Parts Increase • Truckload Carrier Covenant Posts 1Q Profit • And more...
April 23, 2003Bush Backs Greenspan for Another Term as Fed Chairman
Alan Greenspan got the backing of President Bush on Tuesday for another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, news services reported.
April 22, 2003EPA Promises to Be Neutral on Emissions Technology
The Environmental Protection Agency, addressing what it called a "misunderstanding" in the trucking industry, said it did not necessarily oppose selective catalytic reduction as a diesel emissions treatment to meet stringent 2007 standards.
April 22, 2003Editorial: The Beauty of Performance-Based Regulations
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Environmental Protection Agency officials indicated last week they would not veto a technology that a number of American engine makers want to use in designing cleaner diesel engines.
April 22, 2003News Briefs - April 22
CNF's Profits Rise as Con-Way Performs Well • Price of Crude Oil Drops Ahead of OPEC Meeting • Overseas Shipments Lift UPS' Results • Yellow's 1Q Earnings Improve • And more...
April 22, 2003Diesel Price Down 1 Cent to $1.529
The average retail price of diesel fuel declined 1 cent last week to $1.529 per gallon, the sixth straight weekly decline, the U.S. Department of Energy said in its survey of fueling stations on Monday.
April 21, 2003LEI Fell in March, but Appears Stronger in April
The New York-based Conference Board said Monday its index of leading economic indicators declined in March, but said "the information available so far in April suggests that these declines will not continue..
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