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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 19, 2000

Truckers' Wives Take to the Picket Line

The wives of four Yellow Freight System drivers have been picketing the company’s Atlanta truck terminal this week in protest over their husbands being on the road all the time

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 19, 2000

Freightliner to Buy Western Star

DaimlerChrysler subsidiary Freightliner LLC announced today that it will buy Canadian truck manufacturer Western Star Trucks Holdings

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Drivers•by Staff•July 19, 2000

GAO Report Underscores Lack of Data in Hours Proposal

Estimates of safety gains from revision of the hours of service rules are based on assumptions, not concrete data – and no one knows if those assumptions are reasonable. That is the message to Congress from the General Accounting Office, the watchdog agency charged with critiquing how government does its work

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Fleet Management•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Court Upholds STB's Moratorium on Rail Mergers

A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld the Surface Transportation Board's 15-month moratorium on the filing of major railroad merger proposals

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Drivers•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Higher Fuel Costs Hurt Swift

Swift Transportation Co., a truckload carrier in Phoenix, Ariz., posted second quarter 2000 profits of $16.6 million on revenues of $316 million versus profits of $17.5 million on $262.6 million second quarter 1999

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Slower Truck Market Hurts Rush Profits

New truck sales will be “sharply below” prior years, but the country’s biggest Peterbilt dealer, Rush Enterprises, expects to show financial improvements the rest of the year

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Drivers•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Higher Rates Help J.B. Hunt Bottom Line

J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ second quarter earnings were positively impacted by higher consolidated revenue levels and truck rate increases (excluding fuel surcharges), the company said

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Drivers•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Yellow Profits Up in Second Quarter

Yellow Corp. posted second quarter 2000 profits of $14.8 million, up from $13 million for the same period in 1999. Including a one-time after-tax gain at Yellow Freight, profits for the corporation were $23.5 million

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Eaton Improves Manufacturing Process with eMatrix

Eaton Truck Components Operation, Galeburg, Mich., has deployed MatrixOne's eMatrix data management system to help improve its manufacturing processes at four sites

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 18, 2000

Bekins.com Goes Live

The Bekins Company, a transportation, distribution, and relocation services company based in Hillside, Ill., has launched a corporate web site, Bekins.com, which is a centralized on-line information center providing access to its entire family of Operating Companies and services

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