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Housing Starts Fall 0.1% from Four-Month High
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. housing starts in July declined 0.1% from a four-month high in June, remaining at a level that suggests sales are improving as jobs increase and builders step up construction on a backlog of homes waiting to be built, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
August 16, 2005
TT's Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore unpack the trends, surprises and shake-ups that define this year's Top 100 for-hire carriers..
Air Cargo Shipments Increase in June
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ir cargo shipments increased 2.4% in June compared with a year earlier, with both domestic and international shipments increasing, the Air Transport Association reported Tuesday.
August 16, 2005Consumer Price Index Rises 0.5% in July
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rices paid by consumers rose 0.5% in July, while the so-called "core" consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1% for a third month, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.
August 16, 2005N.Y. Logistics Firm Forms Subsidiary to Attract Independent Drivers
Cargo Connection Logistics Holding Inc. said Monday it had formed a new subsidiary to attract independent contractors and other carriers to haul cargo.
August 15, 2005Knight Announces Purchase of Edwards Bros.
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation Inc. said Monday it had acquired 100% of the stock of Idaho Falls, Idaho-based refrigerated carrier Edwards Bros.
August 15, 2005Crude Oil Prices Ease, But Stay Above $66
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The price of crude oil fell in early trading Monday, but remained above $66 a barrel ahead of the U.S. Department of Energy’s reports on the prices of diesel fuel and gasoline.
August 15, 2005Truckers Expect New HOS Rules Would Resemble Existing Plan
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.With a congressional deadline to rewrite the existing driver hours-of-service rules looming just six weeks away, industry sources said they believe the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new regulations would be very similar to the current rules.
August 15, 2005Technology Briefs Aug. 9 - Aug. 15
Con-Way to Provide Electronic Shipment Notifications • Clean Diesel Technologies Shows Wider 2Q Loss • FCC Approves Sprint, Nextel Merger • Estes Express Lines Redesigns Web Site • And more . . .
August 15, 2005iTECH: Navigating by Cellphone
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Move over, text-messaging. Here come audio and visual route directions on your cellular telephone, linked to global-positioning satellites high in the sky.
August 15, 2005Drivers Set to Begin Competition in Tampa
Winners of state championship truck driving contests, each seeking to prove that he or she is the safest, most capable and most conscientious driver in his or her respective equipment categories, are soon to converge on Tampa, Fla., for the 68th annual National Truck Driving Championships, Aug. 16-20.
August 15, 2005