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ATA Board Endorses Energy Resolution
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations said its board of directors unanimously endorsed an energy resolution outlining ATA’s efforts to combat escalating fuel prices and help shape a comprehensive national energy plan.
October 19, 2005New Security Measure Includes Highway Watch Funding
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. $30.8 billion Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security appropriations measure signed into law by President Bush on Tuesday would give an additional $4.8 million grant to American Trucking Associations for ATA’s Highway Watch program.
October 19, 2005Security & Safety Briefs - Oct. 13 - Oct. 19
FedEx Halts Free Employee Rides on Cargo Flights • LaneScan to Build System to Reduce Blind Spots • Bomb Threats Temporarily Close Two Baltimore Tunnels
October 19, 2005ATRI Releases Study on Driver-Safety Predictors
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he American Transportation Research Institute released a "crash predictor" study Tuesday that evaluates and links past driver traffic violations and convictions with their likelihood of being involved in a crash, providing trucking companies with safety-related information on drivers.
October 19, 2005Wilma Strengthens to Category 5; May Threaten Florida
Hurricane Wilma strengthened in the southern Caribbean Sea Wednesday into the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, a Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds that forecasters warned could strike Florida's West Coast by the weekend, news services reported.
October 19, 2005Diesel Drops 0.2 Cent From Record to $3.148 a Gallon
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he price of U.S. retail diesel fuel fell 0.2 cent from last week's all-time record high to an average of $3.148 a gallon, the Energy Department reported Monday.
October 18, 2005Opinion: Trucking Arrives at a Turning Point
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. s the trucking economy in good or bad shape? Judging by the pace of growth, it is in pretty good health. Indeed, in early 2005, fleets experienced some of the best business in years.
October 18, 2005Producer Price Index Climbs 1.9% in September
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. producer price index rose 1.9% in September, while prices excluding food and energy climbed 0.3%, the Labor Department said Tuesday. It was the biggest monthly increase in 15 years.
October 18, 2005Greenspan Says High Oil Prices May Last
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hile the current surge in oil prices may last, it is likely to prove significantly less consequential to economic growth and inflation than the surge in the 1970s, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday in a speech to Japanese business executives in Tokyo.
October 18, 2005Cooper Tire Withdraws Guidance, Cites Higher Costs
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ooper Tire & Rubber Co. withdrew its third-quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, citing softer demand in the replacement-tire market and higher raw materials costs.
October 18, 2005