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NewsAugust 13, 2010

Truck Registrations See Third Straight Year-Over-Year Gain

The second quarter marked the first time since 2007 that new commercial vehicle registrations had three straight months that exceeded the comparable month in the previous yea

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NewsAugust 13, 2010

Frustrated Customers Sue Cat Over Acert Failures, But All Engines Have Problems, Sources Say

Continual breakdowns, ineffective repairs and financial losses from disrupted operations have pushed frustrated fleet owners to sue Caterpillar Inc., along with the truck and engine dealers who sold and tried to fix the trouble-prone heavy duty diesels

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NewsAugust 12, 2010

Electronic Logs Pay Off From Regulatory Standpoint

During this week's PeopleNet User Conference 2010 in Boca Raton, Fla., PeopleNet executives and fleet customers alike touted the benefits of electronic logs, especially from a regulatory and safety standpoint. The overall consensus was that electronic logging can pay off and give a company a leg up on the competition when it comes to pleasing such regulatory agencies as the Department of Transportation

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NewsAugust 12, 2010

Check Hess to Lead Association of Diesel Specialists

Chuck Hess was recently elected president of the Association of Diesel Specialists. He began his term August 4 during the 2010 ADS International Convention & Tradeshow, which attracted a record number of attendees

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NewsAugust 12, 2010

Class 8 Truck Sales Near 10,000 in July

U.S. heavy truck sales made their best showing all year in July, reaching 9,589 Class 8 trucks, according to figures from Ward's Automotive. That's up from 8,896 trucks in June, or 7.8 percent, and 27.8 percent from June 2009

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NewsAugust 12, 2010

HDA, Truck Pride Announce Merger

Heavy Duty America and Truck Pride Partners announced the merger of their organizations into a new North American marketing and distribution organization. The new organization, which will be initially known as HDA Truck Pride, will commence operations on Sept. 1

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NewsAugust 12, 2010

July Spot Freight Index Up 122 Percent from Last Year

The spot freight market continued a strong showing, with a 122 percent increase in spot market freight availability in July, compared to this time last year, according to Transcore's North American Freight Index

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Court: Insurance Chargebacks do Not Violate Leasing Regs

Motor carriers may institute insurance chargebacks against owner-operators under lease agreement without violating federal leasing regulations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has ruled

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Technology Key to Keeping Up With Regulatory Environment

The technologies fleets use and deploy are critically important to the success of their businesses, especially in light of today's regulatory environment, said Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations

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NewsAugust 11, 2010

Qualcomm Tops New ABI Research Commercial Telematics In-Cab Hardware Vendor Matrix Ranking

Qualcomm has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research

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