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News Briefs - July 12

Tentative Deal Averts Strike at L.A., Long Beach Ports Lundberg: Gasoline Prices Flat Over Last Two Weeks Freightliner Expected to Hire 2,000 More Workers Fuso Says It Fired Official Who Faked Safety Reports And more...

July 12, 2004

Technology Briefs - July 6 - July 12

Eaton Corp. Forms Partnership With VTTi N.J., D.C. Ban Handheld Cell Phones While Driving Qualcomm, Snap-on Form Alliance

July 12, 2004

Software Aims to Keep Freight in Its Place

In June 2003, lovers of magic and fantasy eagerly awaited the arrival of J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the latest in the British novelists popular childrens series.

July 12, 2004

Court Rejects CRST Request to Stop Hunt Hiring Its Drivers

A federal judge has refused to issue an immediate order that truckload carrier J.B. Hunt stop hiring drivers from CRST International Inc.

July 12, 2004

Judge Orders Truckers in Miami to Return to Work

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order forcing independent truckers to end their two-week strike at the Port of Miami-Dade, news services reported..

July 12, 2004

News Briefs - July 9

FedEx Said to Plan So. California Distribution Hub Oil Prices Top $40 for Second Day Oshkosh Truck Completes Purchase of Jerr-Dan Dana to Sell Parts Unit And more ...

July 9, 2004

Wholesale Inventories Rose 1.2% in May

U.S. wholesale inventories rose by 1.2% in May, the ninth increase in a row, as more companies kept goods on hand to satisfy rising demand, the Commerce Department said Friday.

July 9, 2004

Letter to the Editor: Fuel Prices

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he other day, a passenger in my vehicle saw a gas station selling regular unleaded for $1.82 per gallon and remarked Wow, thats pretty good! Compared to what? We have all seen this type of price manipulation before, but probably not on the grand scale taking place now.

July 9, 2004

Fleet Officials: HOS Problems Are Fewer Than Anticipated

DALLAS The costs of lost productivity and higher driver wages resulting from new federal hours-of-service rules for drivers were lower than truckload carriers originally anticipated, fleet officials and American Trucking Associations said.

July 9, 2004

Ohio Supreme Court Rules Reefer Units Cannot Be Taxed

Ohios Supreme Court ruled 7-0 June 23 against the state tax commissioners attempt to levy a trucking company on temperature control units installed in refrigerated trailers by saying they were personal property.

July 9, 2004