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Trucking Technology Alert - Sept. 20

SAPMarkets Enhances Services; Sprint Widens Support for Java; Technology Spending Portends Good News; and more...

September 20, 2001

ATA Responds to Attacks With New MC&E Theme

Last weeks terrorist attacks in New York and Washington have spurred the trucking industrys association to change the theme of its annual management conference and exhibition.

September 19, 2001

Layoffs Mount in Airline-Related Industries

Boeing Co., anticipating a sharp drop in orders for aircrafts, said it will be forced to lay off 20,000 to 30,000 employees by the end of 2002, news services reported.

September 19, 2001

DOT Warns That GPS Is Subject to Vulnerabilities

A new report by the Department of Transportation concludes that the Global Positioning System is vulnerable to both intentional and unintentional interference, so it recommends that alternative backup systems be put in place.

September 19, 2001

Opinion: Enforcing Muffler Rules Would Quiet Engine Brake Opponents

Its hard to imagine the sound of 128 Class 8 rigs passing by you simultaneously. But for anyone who has ever heard a truck without a muffler using its engine brake, it doesnt take much imagination.

September 19, 2001

Executive Briefing - Sept. 19

Bush to Nominate Shane to DOT Post; Markets End Down, but Rally Late in Day; Midwest Gasoline Prices Remain Stable; Airlines Go to Hill for Bailout Package; Bush Signs $40 Billion Package; and more...

September 19, 2001

Fed Says Economy Sluggish Before Attacks

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy was sluggish even before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11..

September 19, 2001

ATA Provides Emergency Info Online

The American Trucking Associations has posted a package of useful information for trucking companies in light of the events of September 11.

September 19, 2001

ATA Officials Escape Inferno

Through blood, dust and broken chandeliers, economists Bob Costello and Diego Saltes fought their way out of the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11 and eventually back to their offices at American Trucking Associations, just miles away from the smoldering Pentagon.

September 18, 2001