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Fleet Management•by Staff•September 10, 2008

BTS Freight Index Rises For Fourth Consecutive Month

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 1.2 percent in July from its June level, rising for the fourth consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 10, 2008

ATA Seeks Review of Court's Denial of Challenge to Ports' Concession Plan

As expected following a Monday hearing, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder's Wednesday denied the American Trucking Associations' request for a preliminary injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to halt implementation of their concession agreements

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Drivers•by Staff•September 10, 2008

YRC Accelerates Yellow/Roadway Integration

YRC Worldwide, Overland Park, Kan., announced is accelerating its integration strategy, focusing on the corporation's two largest operating subsidiaries, Yellow Transportation and Roadway

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Drivers•by Staff•September 10, 2008

House Votes To End Cross-Border Program

The U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a bill that would immediately end the controversial Mexican cross-border truck pilot program

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Drivers•by Staff•September 9, 2008

States Forced to Delay Millions of Dollars in Highway Contracts

States have put the brakes on millions of dollars of highway construction projects and are scrambling to substitute scarce state funds for the federal funds that have been cut off due to the crisis in the Highway Trust Fund

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 9, 2008

Vipar Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference Next Month

"Driven" is the theme for the 2008 Vipar Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference, scheduled for Oct. 19-24 at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa at Summerlin in Las Vegas

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Fleet Management•by Staff•September 8, 2008

Judge: No Injunction in Port Lawsuit

A federal judge has refused to grant a preliminary injunction to stop the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from implementing the concessions requirements of their clean air plans,

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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 8, 2008

California Cracking Down On Misclassified Port Drivers

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced a crackdown on trucking companies operating at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles that misclassify their drivers as independent contractors

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Drivers•by Staff•September 8, 2008

Diesel Prices Fall, Oil Traders Eye Ike, OPEC

Diesel prices continue to drop closer to the $4-a-gallon mark, with the national average at $4.059 according to weekly retail figures released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration

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Fleet Management•by Staff•September 8, 2008

Conference Board Index Suggests Unemployment Will Continue To Rise

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index continued its year-long decline in August, suggesting even more softening to come in the labor market

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