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Tech Exhibits Displace Trucks at Annual Meeting
LAS VEGAS — Truckload carriers had but a single Class 8 tractor to gaze upon during their annual meeting here March 3-6, as the steel and rubber that used to dominate exhibit floors have given way to computer software and hand-held wireless devices.
March 13, 2002
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Feb. Retail Sales Up 0.3%
February’s 0.3% rise in retail sales, as reported Wednesday by the Commerce Department, was the largest jump in four months but still short of the 1% analysts had been expecting, Bloomberg News reported.
March 13, 2002News Briefs - March 13
Senate Rejects Fuel Economy Standards • Greenspan Says Business Investment Key to Recovery • Navistar's Credit Rating Downgraded • UPS, Teamsters to Resume Negotiations • And more...
March 13, 2002Technology Briefs - March 7 - March 13
TRW Rejects Northrop Offer Again • CEOs Plan Communications Network • UMass Uses Biodiesel to Meet Environmental Requirements • Iris-Recognition Test to Begin at Some Airports • And more...
March 13, 2002Editorial: Watch Out for Those Signs of Recovery
The month of March has brought plenty of signs that the U.S. economy may be well along on its recovery from the 2001 recession. But it also brought plenty of indications that recovery is no bed of roses for trucking.
March 12, 2002States Exhibit Rising Interest in Toll Roads
Some freeways may soon give way to tollways as cash-strapped states turn to entrepreneurs and private investment capital to build highways, bridges and tunnels to ease congestion and expand highway capacity.
March 12, 2002News Briefs - March 12
Federal-Mogul Completes $23 Million Sale of Light Unit • Celadon to Purchase Some Assets of Foothill Corp. • International Oil Group Sees Higher Prices • Oregon Needs Millions for Bridge Repairs • And more...
March 12, 2002Wholesale Inventories Fall 0.2%; Slowest Pace in 5 Months
Wholesale inventories fell for the eighth consecutive month in January, slipping 0.2%, a government report released Monday said.
March 11, 2002Six Months Later – Country, Industry Have Changed Dramatically
The United States, and the trucking industry, have seen profound changes in the six months since four hijacked jetliners slammed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and an open field in Pennsylvania.
March 11, 2002Caterpillar Sending Engines to EPA in April
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Caterpillar Inc. plans to submit a full line of modified heavy-duty truck engines for Environmental Protection Agency certification in April and sale in October, although they just partially comply with an EPA mandate.
March 11, 2002