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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 19, 2011

Natural Gas Advocates Go To Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill was the venue last week for a gathering of natural gas vehicle advocates trying to educate the public, media, and policy- and decision-makers about the use of natural gas as a clean, domestic and abundant transportation fuel that is a viable and available alternative to foreign oil

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Equipment•by Staff•April 18, 2011

TransCore's Canadian Freight Index Sets New Record

TransCore's Canadian Freight Index set a new record in March, topping previous record from May 2008. Volumes for March 2011 were up 35 percent from the previous year and 36 percent from the prior month

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Drivers•by Staff•April 18, 2011

Saltchuk Resources to Acquire Interstate Distributor Co.

Interstate Distributor Co. announced that the 78-year-old trucking company owned by the McLean family has agreed to be acquired by Saltchuk Resources based in Seattle

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 18, 2011

Mack Names Distributor of the Year

Mack Trucks named Tri-State Truck Center of Memphis, Tenn., as its 2010 North American Distributor of the Year

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Drivers•by Staff•April 17, 2011

Obama Signs Repeal of 1099 Provision of Healthcare Reform

President Obama signed into law a bill last Thursday repealing the healthcare reform law's 1099 tax reporting requirement, relieving small businesses of future paperwork burdens

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 17, 2011

Kenworth and Hino Win Truck of the Year Honors at ATD Convention

Kenworth's T700 sleeper-cab tractor and Hino's 2012-model 338 took heavy and medium-duty honors, respectively, in the American Truck Dealers' Commercial Truck of the Year competition for 2011

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 17, 2011

Richard Ryan Named Truck Dealer of the Year

Richard "Dick" Ryan of South Carolina was named the national Truck Dealer of the Year at the American Truck Dealers annual conference in Phoenix Saturday. "I've had a wonderful career," said Ryan, president and CEO of Carolina International Trucks in Columbia, S.C., who began in the business as a sales trainee for International Harvester Co. in 1972. "And I've really loved it."

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Fleet Management•by Staff•April 17, 2011

Used-Truck Market Continues to Gain Despite Rising Fuel Prices

While rising fuel prices have caused some concern in the light-truck and car markets, they have yet to make a big impact on heavy- and medium-duty trucking, says Chris Visser, senior analyst with the ATD/NADA Official Commercial Truck Guide

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 17, 2011

ATD Chairman Highlights 5 Factors That Commercial Truck Retailing is Improving

After enduring a global economic downturn and diminished sales over the past couple years, the nation's commercial truck dealers are eagerly waiting to get "back to normal" and setting their sights on the legislative and regulatory challenges ahead, said Kyle Treadway, chairman of the American Truck Dealers, in remarks Saturday to the group

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Aftermarket•by Staff•April 15, 2011

M&K Quality Truck Sales Buys Mack Franchise

M&K Quality Truck Sales of Indianapolis completed the acquisition of the Mack Trucks franchise from Central Indiana Mack Sales and Service

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