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Kenworth GM Warns Truck Market Woes to Continue
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Speaking this past week at the Mid-America Trucking Show here, Kenworth Trucks General Manager Ed Caudill said trucking鈥檚 tough times will continue through this year and will not go away soon.
March 23, 2001Executive Briefing - March 23
Delphi to Idle 4,000 Workers Next Week; DOT Officials Talk with Counterparts in Mexico; Simon to Hike Driver Pay; NLRB to File Complaint Against Atlantic Trucking; DOT Renews ITS America Charter; and more...
March 23, 2001U.S. Leading Indictors Fall Again; Continued Slowing Predicted
In another gloomy report about the economic outlook, the Conference Board said Thursday that its index of U.S. leading economic indicators dropped 0.3% in February.
March 22, 2001Trucking Technology Report - March 22
Today's Technology Headlines: Handhelds: Virus Threat Targeted; Canada Could Silence Annoying Cell Phones; Wholesaler Tests Wireless Ordering;
March 22, 2001Freightliner鈥檚 Hebe Has Plan for Truck Industry
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 James Hebe, president of Freightliner Corp., unveiled March 21 a series of programs he said are designed to 鈥渞ebuild the North American heavy-duty used truck industry鈥 by dealing with the used truck crisis.
March 22, 2001Executive Briefing - March 22
Eaton Aims Automatic at Medium Trucks; Slowing Economy Hurting UPS Profits; Transplace.com Allies With Associated Warehouses; Natso Praises Minn. Biodiesel Bill's Demise; and more...
March 22, 2001Hebe Disputes Overproduction Claims
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Those who blame overproduction for current problems in the market for big rig class 8 trucks are taking an "idiot's view" of the situation, Freightliner President James Hebe said here Wednesday.
March 22, 2001Truck Shows鈥 Popularity Draws Significant Sponsors, Helps Charities
Truckers love to show off. They also like to glimpse some of the other best-looking tractors and trailers around. That鈥檚 why truck shows are proliferating across the country, attracting significant sponsorships in the process.
March 22, 2001Mexican Border Opening Up to Year Away, U.S. Says
WASHINGTON 鈥 The Bush administration does not plan to open the United States to Mexican trucks carrying international freight for at least eight months, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said last week.
March 21, 2001Trucking Technology Report - March 21
Today's Technology Headlines: CeBIT-Hewlett-Packard Launches New Handheld Devices; Siemens Doubles Transmission Speed With New Mobile Phone; Wireless Wonder.
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