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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Oil Breaks $77 in New High for Year

After breaking the $75 a barrel mark Wednesday, crude oil futures settled at $77.58 a barrel Thursday, following a fall in U.S. gasoline stocks and a boost in the equity marke

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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Transplace Expands Offerings to Small, Mid-sized Companies

Dallas-based Transplace, a non-asset based third party logistics provider, has expanded its customer base to include small and mid-sized businesse

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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Fontaine Fifth Wheel, Parts Connection Open New Headquarters

Fontaine Fifth Wheel and its aftermarket parts company, Fontaine Parts Connection, have moved into a new headquarters in Trussville, Ala., which features a 9,000-square-foot research and development lab

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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Truck Driver Pre-Screening Program Reality After Seven Years

In August 2002, a group of truck safety professionals went to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with a suggestion. Safety could be improved, they said, by letting employers check a key federal database for a driver applicant's crash and roadside inspection history. It took seven years of persistent effort, and an Act of Congress, but now the agency is moving ahead with a Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program

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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Freight Transportation Services Index Continues Upward Trend

The Freight Transportation Services Index was up for the second straight month in August, gaining 0.7 percent from its July leve

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NewsOctober 15, 2009

Evans Network Acquires Assets of Land Transportation, Phoenix Transit

The Evans Network of Companies has acquired the container drayage, domestic truckload, and brokerage assets of Land Transportation and Phoenix Transit and Logistics

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NewsOctober 14, 2009

New York Cracks Down on Bridge Strikes

New York Governor David Paterson has proposed legislation that calls for stricter enforcement of driving laws aimed at reducing the number of bridge strikes in Westchester County and across the state

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NewsOctober 14, 2009

Oil Hits Record High Following Dow Jones Milestone

Oil hit a record high for the year, landing above $75 a barrel on Wednesday, on the heels of a rosy economic outlook and the Dow Jones industrial average breaking 10,000 for the first time in a yea

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NewsOctober 14, 2009

Imperial Supplies Sold to Grainger

Illinois-based Grainger, a distributor of facilities maintenance products, has purchased Imperial Supplies from American Capital, a publicly traded private equity firm

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NewsOctober 14, 2009

New Study Makes the Case for Biodiesel

Biodiesel fuel creates more than four times the amount of energy that it takes to make biodiesel, according to recent research from the University of Idaho and U.S. Department of Agriculture

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