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Consumer Confidence Index Declines
U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 12, 2009Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Business Inventories Unchanged in January
Business inventories were unchanged in January, the Commerce Department said Friday.
March 12, 2010Consumer Confidence Index Declines
U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 12, 2010Retail Sales Rise for Fourth Time in Five Months
Retail sales rose 0.3% in February, the fourth increase in four months, the Commerce Department said Friday.
March 12, 2010Canada Delays Electronic Manifest Requirement
Canada has delayed its plan to require carriers with incoming shipments to submit manifest information electronically to the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Trucking Alliance said.
March 12, 2010Trimac’s 4Q Income Falls
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund earned C$1.2 million, or 2.3 cents per unit, in the fourth quarter, compared with C$3 million, or 10.9 cents, a year ago.
March 12, 2010Letters: In-Cab Distractions, Sen. Bunning, CSA 2010, DOT Physicals
Numerous national health and safety organizations have come together to petition and support the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s regulation to ban cell-phone use in commercial vehicles.
March 15, 2010Mexico’s New Tariffs
The ongoing refusal of the U.S. government to honor the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement is about to claim some new, and as yet unknown, victims.
March 15, 2010Trucking Opposes Plan to Raise Hazmat Fees
A proposed federal rule that triples to $3,000 the annual registration fee for large hazardous materials motor carriers but maintains a fee of $300 for small carriers places an unfair burden on large carriers, American Trucking Associations and National Tank Truck Carriers said in written comments opposing the new rule.
March 15, 2010Diesel Fuel Up for Third Week To Highest Level Since Nov. ’08
The average price for retail diesel rose for a third straight week, this time by 4.3 cents to $2.904 a gallon, to the highest level since November 2008, the Department of Energy reported.
March 15, 2010