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Executive Briefing - Oct. 2

Bush Aide Says Recession Likely Swissair Suspends Operations Postal Service Lost $500 Million in Attacks And more....

October 2, 2001

Fed Cuts Interest Rates by Half-Point

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut the overnight bank lending rate a half-percentage point to 2.5%, the lowest point since May 1962.

October 2, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Oct. 2

Retek Forms New Partnership With G-Log; Utility of Hands-Free Phones Questioned; Firms Rethinking Supply Chains; and more ...

October 2, 2001

Deaths Involving Large Trucks Decrease Again in 2000

Fatalities from crashes involving large trucks declined for the third year in a row in 2000, falling by 169 deaths to a total of 5,211, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.

October 1, 2001

Anti-Terrorism Scrutiny Increases for Truckers

Law enforcement authorities increased their scrutiny of trucks as potential terrorist weapons after several people detained in the investigation of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks were found to have obtained phony commercial driver licenses to transport hazardous material.

October 1, 2001

Freightliner Demands Worker Concessions

Americas largest heavy-duty truck maker is asking workers for wage and benefit concessions to help prevent plant closures in its headquarters city and preserve hundreds of jobs.

October 1, 2001

NAPM Index, Construction Spending Decline

Two economic reports released on Monday that measure key parts of the U.S. economy delivered more bad news for the trucking industry.

October 1, 2001

Executive Briefing - Oct. 1

Crude Oil Price Falls on Concern Over Slowdown; Attacks Likely Mean Poor Earnings for Trucking; Federal-Mogul Files for Chapter 11; Mayflower Corp. Debuts New Engine; and more...

October 1, 2001

ATA Economist Costello Sees Recession Taking Hold

DALLAS The attack of Sept. 11 almost certainly will send a weak national economy into a recession, but how long it will last depends on whether American businesses and consumers adopt a bunker mentality, according to Bob Costello, chief economist for American Trucking Association.

October 1, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Oct. 1

NTT DoCoMo to Introduce New Services; PC-EPhone Offers New Wireless Device; SDR Could Aid Wireless Carriers; and more...

October 1, 2001