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Trucking Technology Alert - Sept. 11

Cellphone Liability Issues Mount; Wireless Popularity Grows as Devices Shrink; Cell Phones Overwhelm 911 System; and more...

September 11, 2001

Executive Briefing - Sept. 11

Peters Hearing Scheduled for Friday; Mexican Truck Maker Shuts Plant; Republicans Consider New Tax Cuts; ATA Urges Congress Not to Back SHIPA; and more...

September 11, 2001

Diesel Price Up 0.4 Cent to $1.492

The average price of diesel fuel edged up another 0.4 cent per gallon, its fifth consecutive increase, following nearly three months of decline.

September 10, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Sept. 10

Phone Add-Ons Keep Drivers More Focused; New Attachments Increase PDA Users; Commercial-Free XM Radio Awaiting FCC OK; and more ...

September 10, 2001

Letter to the Editor: Sontheimer Trophy

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor. he Aug. 27 Transport Topics carried the news that the ATA National Truck Driving Championships Sontheimer Award was being renamed as the Professional Excellence Award because the NTDC Committee decided after the 2000 contest that 鈥渢oo few people could recall who Sontheimer was.鈥

September 10, 2001

Editorial: Opening the U.S.-Mexican Border

Mexican President Vicente Fox has rightfully demanded that the United States open its border to qualified truckers from his country, as required by the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

September 10, 2001

Opinion: Prospects for a Manufacturing Rebound

Former President Jimmy Carter鈥檚 chief economic adviser, Alfred Kahn, once got in so much trouble by uttering the dread word 鈥渞ecession鈥 in public that he promised from then on to say 鈥渂anana鈥 instead of recession.

September 10, 2001

EPA Will Not Look at Diesel Emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency denied three petitions by industry groups asking the federal agency to re-examine Clinton-era rules requiring cleaner diesel trucks and buses, the Associated Press reported.

September 10, 2001

Executive Briefing - Sept. 10

More Companies Cutting Jobs; Consumer Borrowing Weak in July; NABE Cuts GDP Projection -- Predicts Recovery; Trism Sells Logistics Company; and more...

September 10, 2001

Canadian Truck Drivers Gear Up for Championships

Thirty-six truck drivers from across Canada will compete in the 2001 National Professional Truck Driving Championships on Sept. 15 in Surrey, British Columbia.

September 7, 2001

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