A proposed 15-cent boost in New Hampshire’s diesel tax will badly hurt the trucking industry, truckers told state lawmakers, the Associated Press reported.
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N.Y. State Manufacturing Index Hits Record Low
Manufacturing growth in New York state contracted this month at the fastest pace on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.
March 16, 2009Letters: Rooftop Snow, ATA Couple Retires, Fuel Prices, Those Railroad Ads, SCR Details
Forget about getting truck drivers to remove snow and ice from trailer rooftops. For one, many drivers cannot even walk across the parking lot, let alone be expected to somehow get on top of a trailer roof.
March 16, 2009Mexico Plans Tariffs in Cross-Border Trucking Dispute
Mexico plans to put tariffs on about 90 U.S. industrial and agricultural products in retaliation for a U.S. decision to cancel a pilot cross-border trucking program between the two countries, news services reported.
March 17, 2009Diesel Falls 2.8¢ to $2.017
Diesel fuel fell 2.8 cents to a $2.017 per-gallon national average, the lowest price in more than four years, the Department of Energy said.
March 17, 2009Business Inventories Fall 1.1% in January
Business inventories fell 1.1% in January, the fifth straight decline, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
March 12, 2009Import Prices Drop 0.2%
The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a seventh straight month in February on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.
March 13, 2009Consumer Confidence Index Rises
U.S. consumer confidence rose slightly this month, but still remains near a 28-year low, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 13, 2009Trimac’s 4Q Profit Improves
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its fourth-quarter profit rose to C$3 million, or 11 cents per unit, from C$2.2 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.
March 13, 2009Hours Rule Meets ‘Groundhog Day’
In a scenario eerily reminiscent of the Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day,” a coalition of interest groups has again launched a formal legal challenge to the government’s hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers.
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