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Profits Revive Trucking Stocks

Strong third-quarter earnings and solid prospects for the final three months of the year have generated a rebound in trucking stocks, many of which had fallen during the middle of 2005.

November 17, 2005

ATRI Releases Truck Work-Zone Crash Study

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he American Transportation Research Institute released a study Wednesday analyzing truck-related work zone crash data and offering counter-strategies to mitigate accidents in highway work zones.

November 16, 2005

Brink's to Sell BAX Global to German Firm for $1.1 Bln.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Brink’s Co. said Wednesday it had signed an agreement to sell its BAX Global operating unit for about $1.1 billion Deutsche Bahn AG.

November 16, 2005

Security & Safety Briefs - Nov. 10 - Nov. 16

Canadian Border Work Stoppage Expensive to Trucking • FedEx Stocking Up on Tamiflu • New Orleans Port Scrambling for Truck Drivers • Oregon Checking Trucks for Snow Chains

November 16, 2005

Senate Commitee Approves $5 Bln. in Oil-Profit Taxes

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to impose a $5 billion tax next year on the nation's biggest oil companies, the New York Times reported.

November 16, 2005

Consumer Price Index Gains 0.2% in October

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rices paid by consumers rose 0.2% in October, the slowest pace in four months, following September’s 1.2% jump, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

November 16, 2005

Business Inventories Gain in September, Commerce Reports

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. usiness inventories rose 0.5% in September following a 0.4% gain in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

November 16, 2005

Tennessee to Delay Enforcing Right-Lane Restrictions

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. new Tennessee law restricting heavy-duty trucks to the two right lanes on many interstates has taken effect, but cannot be enforced until signs are posted, a state official said.

November 16, 2005

New Brakes Rule Could Spell End of Short Wheelbases

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>ROSEMONT, Ill. — A new government rule shortening the required stopping distance for heavy trucks, expected by the end of the year, could lead truck manufacturers to drop short-wheelbase models and might increase the popularity of air-ride front suspensions, officials said here last week.

November 16, 2005

Patriot Transportation's Fourth-Quarter Income Improves

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. atriot Transportation Holding said Wednesday it earned $2.2 million or 71 cents a share for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $1.5 million or 50 cents a year earlier.

November 16, 2005