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Global Commercial Navigation Shipments Expected to Reach 7.5 Million by 2015

Global commercial navigation system shipments will grow to 7.5 million in 2015 from 3 million in 2010, according to an ABI Research study.

June 23, 2010

New Approach to Trailer Aerodynamics Increases Fuel Economy, SmartTruck Says

SmartTruck, a company founded by aerospace engineers, has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for trailer attachments that it said could improve over-the-road fuel efficiency by up to  11% and that it soon would begin manufacturing them.

June 23, 2010

Oil Slides Following DOE Report

Oil declined $1.50 to below $77 a barrel following a Department of Energy report that showed crude inventories rose by 2 million barrels last week, Bloomberg reported.

June 23, 2010

Fed Again Holds Interest Rate at Record Low

For the 13th straight time, the Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep a key U.S. interest rate at a record low “target range” of zero to 0.25%.

June 23, 2010

Existing ϳԹ Sales Fall in May

Sales of existing home fell 2.2% in May, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

June 22, 2010

Wabash Begins Production on 350 Reefers for Frozen Food Express

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. said it has begun production on 350 new refrigerated van trailers for Frozen Food Express Industries, to be completed by September.

June 22, 2010

Opinion: Driver Pay — The New Metric

The past 10 months have seen a precipitous decline in the quality of driver applicants. There are recruiters everywhere saying, “Good applicants are getting scarce.”

June 24, 2010

‘Tax Holiday’ Seen Helping Port of Los Angeles, Officials Say

A proposal that new companies locating in Los Angeles be given a three-year exemption from paying the city business tax would be a “shot in the arm” for the Port of Los Angeles and the harbor community, port officials said.

June 22, 2010

Senate Bill Targets Employee Misclassification

A Senate bill that supporters said would make it easier for federal regulators to catch employers who misclassify their employees as independent contractors also would help ensure a “level playing field in the marketplace,” a top official with the Department of Labor told a Senate panel.

June 22, 2010

Obama Touts 10,000th Infrastructure Project

President Obama touted the 10,000th road project funded by last year’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at an event Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.

June 22, 2010