UPDATED: 10/3/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This The trucking joint-venture between Navistar Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. will become a Navistar subsidiary, the two companies said. The companies in… Read More »Navistar-Caterpillar Trucking Joint-Venture Becomes Navistar Unit
Paper logs may be burdensom and subject to interpretation, but at least you know what’s on the page is what you put there. Photo by Jim Park One of the tenets of our legal system… Read More »Can EOBRs be hacked, or their data corrupted?
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 9:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Consumer personal spending edged up 0.2% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday. The slight increase followed a revised 0.7% gain… Read More »Personal Spending Rises 0.2% in August
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make payments to more than 160 energy producers in 41 states to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels such as biodiesel. The payments are authorized under the… Read More »USDA to Pay Biofuel Producers in 41 States
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 10:05:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Manufacturing activity in the Chicago area rose in September, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Friday. The group’s business barometer increased… Read More »Chicago Manufacturing Activity Rises
Inland Truck Parts will open a new location in Evansville, Wyo., Oct. 17, providing truck parts and remanufacturing services. It will be managed by area residents Marshal Smouse and Greg Woodin, who between them have… Read More »Inland Truck Parts to Open Store Near Casper, Wyoming
UPDATED: 9/30/2011 11:00:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Navistar International Corp. said it plans to sign a lease agreement that would give the company a third plant in Alabama.… Read More »Navistar to Open Third Plant in Alabama
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 31-11 Friday, September 30, 2011 Contact: Candice Tolliver Tel: 202-366-9999 or 202-306-4580 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Announces… Read More »Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Announces Over $5 Million in Grants to Kansas to Improve Truck and Bus Safety
A new report finds that even with the development of alternative fuels, diesel is still a major driving factor in the U.S. economy and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. “Diesel Powers… Read More »New Economic Report Finds Diesel Industry Provides $480 Billion In Value, 1.25 Million Jobs
UPDATED: 9/29/2011 11:45:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Third-party logistics company C.H. Robinson said Tuesday it has acquired produce provider Timco Worldwide. Terms were not disclosed. Timco provides retail and… Read More »C.H. Robinson Acquires Produce Company
Accuride Corp. has sold its subsidiary Fabco Automotive Corp. to Fabco Holdings, a new company formed and capitalized by Wynnchurch Capital in partnership with Stone River Capital Partners. Located in Livermore, Calif., Fabco produces a… Read More »Accuride Selling Fabco Automotive Subsidiary
UPDATED: 9/28/2011 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This Oil fell more than $1 Wednesday to near $83 a barrel following a Department of Energy report that showed supplies rose… Read More »Oil Falls to Near $83 a Barrel Following Supply Report