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Trucking Technology Alert - Aug. 28
Program Endangers Privacy of Wireless Data; Allegheny Ludlum Agrees to Deal with BestTransport; Companies Reduce Costs to Beat Slowdown; and more ...
August 28, 2001Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Falls
Consumer confidence unexpectedly declined for the second straight month in August, according to the Conference Board, which Tuesday attributed the drop in its index to a deteriorating U.S. job market.
August 28, 2001Autocar Returning to Class 8 Market
Grand Vehicle Works Holdings LLC, is reactivating a 102-year-old truck nameplate which has been dormant for some time 鈥 and it has hired a veteran manufacturing executive to run the new company.
August 28, 2001Executive Briefing - Aug. 28
NHTSA Head Seeks to Reduce Road Fatalities; Wasik Named Chairman at US&T; Proposed Tenn. Railroad Could Carry $300M Price Tag; Mexico鈥檚 Oil Co. Looks for Private Investment; and more...
August 28, 2001Average Diesel Price Jumps 5.8 Cents Per Gallon
The average price of diesel fuel rose 5.8 cents across the United States last week, its largest weekly jump since Sept. 4, 2000, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported on Monday.
August 27, 2001Trucking Technology Alert - Aug. 27
Dispute Forces Telecoms to Hold Up Plans; Wireless Hasn't Yet Displaced Fixed-Line Phones; Nebraska Wireless Users Wait for Enhanced 911; and more..
August 27, 2001Editorial: Thanking Our Drivers
Welcome to National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, the time when we pause to give special thanks to the 3 million men and women who move the nation鈥檚 economy in their big rigs.
August 27, 2001Opinion: The Emotional Toll of Accidents
In 鈥淎natomy of an Accident,鈥 an article in the Sept. 13, 2000, Transport Topics, the reporter likened the cost of a truck crash to an iceberg, stating that the indirect costs are four times greater than the obvious direct costs.
August 27, 2001USPS-FedEx Deal Begins Monday
After months of waiting and weeks of testing, FedEx Corp. will begin carrying -- and sometimes even sorting -- Express, Priority and first-class mail for the United States Postal Service on Monday night.
August 27, 2001Simon Wins Unprecedented Third Championship
MINNEAPOLIS - Raymond M. Simon of Yellow Freight System was named grand champion of the 2001 American Trucking Associations' National Truck Driving Championships, becoming the first driver ever to earn the title three times.
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