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NewsNovember 11, 2009

Trucking Companies Top G.I. Jobs' List of Military Employers

G.I. Jobs recently released its list of the Top 100 Military-Friendly Employers, which included such trucking companies as J.B. Hunt Transport Services (ranking 16), Schneider National (18), and Werner Enterprises (25)

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NewsNovember 11, 2009

U.S. Foodservice in Atlanta Starts Fueling With Biodiesel

The entire delivery fleet of U.S. Foodservice-Atlanta has started running on biodiesel fuel, including 185 tractors and 210 trailer

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Articlesby Tom BergNovember 11, 2009

Pickups Update: Engine Advances Up Fuel Economy

Advances in gasoline and diesel engines for pickup trucks are just in time to catch the beginning of the end of the recession, the worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930

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NewsNovember 10, 2009

Dan Rather Produces Second Show on Trucking Industry

Dan Rather made a pit stop at Willie's Place truckstop at Carl's Corner, Texas, Monday to talk to a panel of people in the trucking industry, and to shoot a show that aired Tuesday night on HDNet

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NewsNovember 10, 2009

ArvinMeritor Narrows Loss in Fiscal 4Q

While the company's fiscal fourth quarter started to show some signs of improvement, ArvinMeritor narrowed its loss during the quarter and posted a drop in sales, on continued market weaknes

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NewsNovember 10, 2009

Western Star Still Going Strong

Western Star last week staged a dealer meeting in Las Vegas to underscore its new structure as a separate business unit under Daimler Trucks North America. Trucking reporters were invited to drive some of the division's on- and off-highway product

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ArticlesNovember 10, 2009

Test Drive: Eaton's New UltraShift Plus Has Brains and Brawn

Eaton's UltraShift has been updated and upgraded with a new, two-plate, electronically activated clutch and revised logic for the electronic controller that makes it a much sweeter transmission that will learn - or coach - according to driver deman

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NewsNovember 10, 2009

Will Chrysler Return to Class 8 Trucks? Link with Fiat's Iveco Might Make It So

Will Chrysler return to the Class 8 market that it left 34 years ago? Fred Diaz, CEO of Chrysler LLC's Dodge Ram Truck, said his group will explore expansion into heavy trucks while it adds Euro-style cargo vans and a new American light pickup. They'll all be called Rams but not overtly Dodge Rams because the Ram name has gained near-stand-alone brand status within Chrysler

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

Haldex Upgrades South Carolina Friction Center

During the fourth quarter, Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems will be moving into a new friction center in Columbia, S.C., which includes new equipment as well as an increase in manufacturing space

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NewsNovember 9, 2009

FedEx Express to Add 51 Hybrids From Azure Dynamics

FedEx Express has plans to buy 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation, rounding out its total fleet of hybrid electric and electric vehicles to 325 after the new step-vans are delivere

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