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U.S. Trade Gap Grows 0.8% in May
The U.S. trade deficit rose by 0.8% in May from a month earlier to $63.8 billion, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
July 12, 2006Security & Safety Briefs — July 6 - July 12
Ala. May Set Fines, CDL Removals Over Lost Loads • Woman Killed in Boston’s ‘Big Dig’ Tunnel • N.Y. Trucks Must Display DOT Reg. Number • Authorities Foil Alleged Plot to Bomb N.Y. Tunnels • And more...
July 12, 2006Group Slams Revised HOS Rule as Nearly Identical to the Last
The lead group challenging the federal government’s new truck driver work rule told an appeals court that the revised version was so similar to the rule courts already have rejected that the current incarnation should also be invalidated.
July 12, 2006DOT Won’t Post Safety Scores Until Probes Are Completed
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not follow through with its previously announced plan to repost the safety scores of motor carriers through its SafeStat system until after a pair of investigations are completed.
July 12, 2006Editorial: Doing the Right Thing on SafeStat
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Department of Transportation have done the right thing and decided not to repost the safety scores of motor carriers on the Internet, at least not until after seeing the results of two new investigations into critics’ claims that its SafeStat program is still flawed.
July 12, 2006Officials Warn of Weekend Bridge Traffic Snarls Near D.C.
Officials with the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge project near Washington, D.C., are warning southbound truckers and motorists to stay away from the bridge this weekend, as traffic is switched from the old to the new bridge.
July 12, 2006Energy Company Buys Oklahoma Trucking Firm
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has acquired Hodges Trucking Co., the Oklahoman newspaper reported Tuesday.
July 12, 2006Oil Price Rises Following Lower Inventory Report
Crude oil rose to a near-record $75 a barrel Wednesday before receding to close at $74.95 following a Department of Energy report showed that oil and gasoline inventories fell last week, Bloomberg reported.
July 12, 2006Letters to the Editor: Remembering Mike Russell (Cont.)
I was terribly saddened to read of Mike Russell’s untimely death. Your announcement did justice to his extraordinary professionalism, but it didn’t capture at all Mike’s joy in his work.
July 12, 2006Cummins Boosts Dividend, Sets Stock Buyback
Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. said Tuesday its board approved a 20% increase in the quarterly cash dividend paid on its stock, to 36 cents a share, up from 30 cents.
July 11, 2006