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Equipment•by Staff•December 29, 2014

Jost Ships 400,000th Fifth Wheel

Jost International this month shipped the 400,000th fifth wheel manufactured at the company’s Greeneville, Tennessee, facility, which is expanding.

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Fleet Management•by Evan Lockridge•December 29, 2014

Economic Watch: Consumer Sentiment Soars, New Home Sales Drop

Consumer confidence reached its most favorable level this month since the last cyclical peak was set in January 2007, according to the Thompson Reuters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumers, released just before Christmas.

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Fleet Management•by Evan Lockridge•December 29, 2014

Spot Freight Rates Fall from Previous Week

Spot market freight rates posted declines as Christmas approached, according to numbers from the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions.

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 24, 2014

C.R. England Names Chief Financial Officer

C.R. England appointed TJ McGeean as the Chief Financial Officer of the company, replacing current company president, Josh England who had been serving in a dual role as CFO since 2013.

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 24, 2014

Con-way Multimodal Appoints New President

Con-way Multimodal announced the appointment of Gregory L. Orr as president of the freight brokerage division of Menlo Logistics. He was previously the vice-president of operations of operations.

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 24, 2014

Kenworth Celebrates Millionth Truck Delivery

Kenworth celebrated the delivery of its one millionth truck to TransAm Trucking of Lathe, Kan. The 91 year-old company held a ceremony to celebrate the milestone at the Kenworth assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio.

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Safety & Compliance•by Oliver Patton•December 23, 2014

The Year's Top Trucking Stories from Washington

The political slugfest over the 34-hour restart dominated the news from Washington, D.C., in the second half of 2014, but that obscure provision of the hours of service rule is not nearly as important as other developments during the year.

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Drivers•by Staff•December 23, 2014

New TA Truckstop Opens In Alabama

TravelCenters of America expanded its network of truckstops with the opening of a new TA in Lincoln, Ala., located at Interstate 20 exit 168.

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Fleet Management•by Staff•December 23, 2014

No Headline News E-news Christmas Day

In order for our staff to spend time with their families this holiday, there will be no Headline News e-newsletter on Christmas Day. On December 26, we'll send a special version of the newsletter.

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•December 23, 2014

Sidewall Blisters Prompt CMA Trailer Tire Recall

China Manufacturers Alliance is recalling certain Bluestar LQ225 size 8-14.5 low platform trailer tires manufactured Feb. 24, 2013, to Aug. 9, 2014.

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