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Approximately 100 days into his tenure as CEO of Volvo Group, Martin Lundstedt announced changes for the Sweden-based manufacturer that emphasize brand names over market geography.

Engine maker Cummins Inc., a charter exhibitor at the Mid-America Trucking Show since it started in 1972, said it, too, would skip this year’s show, now two months away, even as MATS organizers maintain it still will be very large but also very different from last year’s record-setting event.

Approximately 100 days into his tenure as CEO of Volvo Group, Martin Lundstedt announced changes in the Sweden-based manufacturer that emphasize brand names over market geography.

Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. said Jan. 21 it will not participate in this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show.

Love’s Travel Stops topped the 300 locations mark in December with facilities in Kentucky and Oklahoma, and the company’s chairman and founder is working on plans to capitalize on his bullish outlook — for the rest of the 21st century.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Dec. 16, announcing a quarter-point increase from the record lows set during the financial crisis of the 2008-2009 recession.

The Federal Reserve System announced Dec. 16 a quarter-point increase in its benchmark target for interest rates, acting because “the risks to the outlook for both economic activity and the labor market" are balanced.

Two small flatbed carriers are using the same Pendleton, Kentucky, truck stop as the location for their respective terminals. Drivers like being there, so why not put terminals there, too, the management teams have reasoned.

Members of IFTA Inc. approved major changes to some of the fuel tax organization’s documents in a bid to provide truck fleets and government auditors greater clarity on standards as well as increase similarities with truck and trailer registration and allow for easier use of in-cab technology.