Search

Showing 10 of 73173 results

= Premium Content

Executive Briefing - Aug. 17

Stocks Tumble After Profit Warnings, Trade Report; Loopholes Allow Mexican Trucks Into U.S., Paper Says; U. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Rises; Mass. Lawmakers May Raise Gas Tax; and more...

August 17, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Aug. 17

Increase In Cell Phone Functions Coming; GPS Makes Truck Ads Work; Arch Wireless Unveils Data Services; and more...

August 17, 2001

Matlack Closing Doors for Good

Matlack Systems, one of the nation’s largest bulk chemical carriers, will not emerge from the Chapter 11 reorganization for which it had filed for this spring.

August 17, 2001

Government Reports Give Mixed Economic Message

The combination of a lower consumer price index, a dramatic increase in housing starts and an unexpected drop in initial jobless claims, gave a cloudy picture of the U.S. economy and its struggles to pull out of the recent downturn.

August 16, 2001

Wabash to Cut 900 Jobs; Close Plants

Truck trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. said Thursday it will cut its workforce by 18% and close two assembly plants and a distribution center.

August 16, 2001

ATA Asks DOT to End Electronic Data Audits

American Trucking Associations last week urged Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta to "immediately halt" federal efforts to require motor carriers to turn over their electronic tracking data for audits of their drivers’ hours-of-service records.

August 16, 2001

Fruehauf Pension Plan Buys Dorsey, to Reopen Bankrupt Trailer Maker

A pension fund for retirees of defunct Fruehauf Trailer Corp. has purchased the assets of bankrupt Dorsey Trailers and is gearing up to resume production.

August 16, 2001

Executive Briefing - Aug. 16

Railroads Link Up for Non-Stop Service; West Coast Ports Cite Disappointing Volumes; Study: Hands-Free Phones Still Distracting; MAN Suspends CEO, CFO at Subsidiary; and more...

August 16, 2001

Trucking Technology Report - Aug. 16

TMC Meeting Features IT and Logistics Track; Content Management: Integrate to Dominate; and more...

August 16, 2001