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Letter to the Editor: Sontheimer Trophy

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor. he Aug. 27 Transport Topics carried the news that the ATA National Truck Driving Championships Sontheimer Award was being renamed as the Professional Excellence Award because the NTDC Committee decided after the 2000 contest that too few people could recall who Sontheimer was.

September 10, 2001

Opinion: Prospects for a Manufacturing Rebound

Former President Jimmy Carters chief economic adviser, Alfred Kahn, once got in so much trouble by uttering the dread word recession in public that he promised from then on to say banana instead of recession.

September 10, 2001

EPA Will Not Look at Diesel Emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency denied three petitions by industry groups asking the federal agency to re-examine Clinton-era rules requiring cleaner diesel trucks and buses, the Associated Press reported.

September 10, 2001

Executive Briefing - Sept. 10

More Companies Cutting Jobs; Consumer Borrowing Weak in July; NABE Cuts GDP Projection -- Predicts Recovery; Trism Sells Logistics Company; and more...

September 10, 2001

Diesel Price Up 0.4 Cent to $1.492

The average price of diesel fuel edged up another 0.4 cent per gallon, its fifth consecutive increase, following nearly three months of decline.

September 10, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Sept. 10

Phone Add-Ons Keep Drivers More Focused; New Attachments Increase PDA Users; Commercial-Free XM Radio Awaiting FCC OK; and more ...

September 10, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Sept. 7

Wireless Industry Takes Hit From Economic Woes; Manguistics Warns of 2Q Loss; Airline Operation Software Maker Eyes Railroads; and more ...

September 7, 2001

Jobless Rate at Highest Point Since 1997

The number of Americans out of work rose 0.4% in August to 4.9%, the highest level since September 1997, a government report said Friday.

September 7, 2001

Executive Briefing - Sept. 7

FTC Approves Chevron, Texaco Merger; UPS Logistics, Samsung Make Supply Deal; CN, Wisconsin Central Merger Approved; U.S. Wholesale Inventories Fall 0.7% In July; and more...

September 7, 2001