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Drivers•by Staff•October 31, 2002

Old Dominion Freight Opening Service Center

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. will open a new service center in Salt Lake City, Utah,

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 31, 2002

DaimlerChrysler Firing 675 Workers; Temporarily Shutting Down 2 Plants

DaimlerChrysler AG's Freightliner unit, one of the world's biggest heavy-truck makers, will fire about 675 workers and shut two plants for eight day

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Fleet Management•by Staff•October 31, 2002

GDP Expands 3.1% During Third Quarter

The U.S. economy expanded further during the third quarter of the year, but not as much as some analysts were hoping

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 30, 2002

Williams Signs Accord To Sell Its 60 Travel Centers

Williams announced Wednesday it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its retail travel center operations for about $190 million cash, including fuel inventory, merchandise and supplies

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 30, 2002

Goodyear Tire's Net Income More Than Triples

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has reported net income of $33.7 million (20 cents per share) for the third quarter of 2002

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 30, 2002

Navistar Announces Quarterly Charge

Navistar International Corp. said this week it will take a restructuring charge of as much as $456 million in the fourth quarter as it leaves the Brazilian truck market, and because of the uncertain future of a truck engine agreemen

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Drivers•by Staff•October 30, 2002

New Jersey To Exempt Private Fleets From Rental Fee

The Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. (TRALA) has reached an apparent agreement with the New Jersey Division of Taxation to include private fleet transportation from the definition of "commercial freight"

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Drivers•by Staff•October 30, 2002

U.S. Trade Rep Says DOT Will Soon Lift Mexico Truck Ban

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said the Department of Transportation would soon issue final regulations to allow Mexican motor carriers access to U.S. markets

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 30, 2002

SkyBitz Launches High-Satellite, Low-Cost Trailer Tracking

SkyBitz of Dulles, Va., has launched a low-cost asset tracking system using a high-orbit satellite, standard AA battery power and Global Locating System (GLS) -- an alternative to Global Positioning System (GPS)

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 29, 2002

Freightliner Temporarily Shutting Down Plants, Laying Off Workers

Due to difficult and extraordinary market conditions in the North American truck manufacturing industry, Freightliner LLC will make a series of production and work-force adjustments beginning in January 2003

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