No news will be posted on Truckinginfo.com today due to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Please feel free to browse through our blogs or one of our in-depth sections, from Trucks Trailers to Drivers, or check… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
UPDATED: 11/23/2011 8:50:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer personal spending edged up 0.1% in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The slight increase followed a revised 0.7% gain… Read More »Personal Spending Increases 0.1% in October
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 35-11 Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Burns Tel: 202-366-9999 U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Final Rule… Read More »U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Final Rule That Bans Hand-Held Cell Phone Use by Drivers of Buses and Large Trucks
For years, Ford’s F-450 and F-550 SuperDuty trucks have led the Class 4 to 5 segment. By Tom Berg, Senior Editor It’s a story we’ve heard before, but a pretty good one: Sales are up,… Read More »Medium-Duty Update: Sales Up as Buyers Replace Old Trucks Amid Improving Economy, New Products Enter the Market
UPDATED: 11/23/2011 8:50:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Durable goods orders declined 0.7% in October as demand for aircraft and business equipment dropped, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The… Read More »Durable Orders Decline 0.7% in October
For the first time since May, the national average price of a gallon of diesel has topped the four-dollar mark. Diesel is up 2.3 cents from last weeks price survey to $4.011 per gallon the… Read More »Diesel Climbs North of $4 as Oil Slips on Recurring Economic Worries
UPDATED: 11/22/2011 3:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Most trucking companies believe the federal government’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is an improvement over the SafeStat system it replaced, the… Read More »Most Truckers See CSA as an Improvement, ATRI Says
Employee stock ownership plans, known as ESOPs, are gaining in popularity. There even was federal legislation introduced earlier this year to expand their use. An ESOP transfers some or all of company ownership to its… Read More »Why Distributors Might Want to Look into an Employee Ownership Plan
UPDATED: 11/23/2011 2:00:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Transport Topics Online will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please check back on Monday, Nov. 28, for… Read More »TTNews.com Closed for Thanksgiving
American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves, has written to Cass Sunstein, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, asking whether any “legitimate reason” exists… Read More »ATA Asks OMB to Consider if 'Legitimate' Reasons Exist for Hours Change
UPDATED: 11/18/2011 10:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This An index of leading economic indicators rose in October by the most in eight months, the New York-based Conference Board said… Read More »Leading Economic Indicators Improve
Boehner said drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as expanded oil shale development, would provide a new revenue stream to the Highway Trust Fund By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor… Read More »House Links Highway Funding to New Oil and Gas Revenues