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NewsMarch 7, 2011

GE Capital Fleet Services to Host Webinar on Lease Accounting Change

GE Capital Fleet Services will host a webinar on Thursday, March 17, to examine how potential changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and International Accounting Standards Board could change balance sheet and income statement presentation for certain lease financings

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NewsMarch 7, 2011

Cass Freight Index Reflects Improving Economy

The Cass Freight Index shows February shipments up 2.6 percent from last month and 11.4 percent from last year, while freight expenditures are up 35 percent year over year

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NewsMarch 7, 2011

Retail Container Traffic to be Up 11 Percent in March

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be up 11 percent in March over the same month last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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NewsMarch 7, 2011

Oil Prices Hit 29-Month High

The price of crude oil rose past $104 a barrel Friday to end the week at the highest level since September 2008, as bad news from Libya and good news about the U.S. economy spurred supply-demand worries

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NewsMarch 4, 2011

Fortune's Most Admired Companies: FedEx In Top 10, Trucking Performs Well Overall

The annual World's Most Admired Companies report released last week listed FedEx as the 8th ranked company, up five positions from the organization's rank in 2010

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NewsMarch 4, 2011

Truck of the Year Judging to Follow Work Truck Show

Judging for the third annual Truck of the Year award is set for Friday, March 11, following the close of the NTEA's Work Truck Show, according to American Truck Dealers, which sponsors the competition in co-operation with trade-press publishers

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NewsMarch 2, 2011

Increase in U.S. Driving Underscores Need for Infrastructure Investment

Americans drove 3 trillion miles in 2010, the most vehicle miles traveled since 2007 and the third-highest ever recorded, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Wednesday.

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NewsMarch 2, 2011

Marten Transport Increases Driver Pay

Marten Transport, a Wisconsin-based carrier, raised driver pay effective April 1.

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NewsMarch 1, 2011

TransCore Reports Van and Flatbed Rates Continue to Rise

Van rates nationwide increased 2.6 percent in the last two weeks as markets affected by recent winter storms recovered.

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NewsMarch 1, 2011

North American Surface Trade Up Nearly 14% Year Over Year in December

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 13.8 percent higher in December 2010 than in December 2009, reaching $66.5 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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