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Executive Briefing - March 14

CNF Issues 1Q Earnings Warning; OPEC Expected to Cut Oil Output 2%; Parts Dealer Noble Ends Plans to Buy CD&L; Oregon Wants Court Decision on PrePass; U.S. January Business Inventories Rise 0.4%; Exel Buying FX Coughlin; and more to come...

March 14, 2001

Overseas Markets, Company Warnings Cause Another Wall St. Drop

Stocks plunged on Wednesday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down as much as 395 points before recovering some, as a deepening pessimism about the global economy swept Wall Street for the second time this week.

March 13, 2001

Trucking Technology Report - March 13

Calling for 411 Info Will Cost More; Nokia Talks Brightly as Its Shine Begins to Fade; Md. County Uses GPS in Snowstorms; Wireless Web Picks Up Faster Overseas.

March 13, 2001

TMC Members Praise Mission Shift

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations this week was holding its last meeting under that name, and numerous members here embraced the group’s new mission for the future.

March 13, 2001

Fleets Mull Shifting Work to Outside Maintenance Shops

Truck and engine dealers and independent repair shops are trying hard to persuade truck fleets to outsource more of their maintenance work, but can they satisfy their customers?

March 13, 2001

U.S. Official: Border Won’t Open to Mexican Trucks Yet

A U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official, responding to a report from a Latin American newswire service, told Transport Topics that the United States is not yet ready to open the border to Mexican trucks.

March 13, 2001

U.S. Retail Sales Unexpectedly Drop 0.2%

In another apparent sign of declining consumer confidence, U.S. retail sales fell in February for the first time since November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

March 13, 2001

Executive Briefing - March 13

U.S. Bans European Union Meat Imports; Reports Target Truck, Bus Brake Safety; Yellow Cuts Times on Nearly 1,900 Lanes; TNT Post Unit May Interest U.S. Carriers; Motorola to Cut 7,000 More Jobs; and more...

March 13, 2001

U.S. Average Retail Diesel Price Falls 1.4 Cents

The U.S. average pump price for diesel fuel fell 1.4 cents in the past week, to 140.6 per gallon as of March 12 from 142.0 on March 5, the Energy Department reported.

March 12, 2001

U.S. Stock Markets Tumble Amid Economic, Profits Worry

In a sign of shaken investor confidence amid growing concern about weak corporate profits and the struggling economy, U.S. stocks took a big hit Monday.

March 12, 2001

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