Updated: 11/23/2010 8:10:00 AM Gas Declines 1.6¢ to $2.876 Diesel fell from a two-year high Monday, dipping 1.3 cents to $3.171 a gallon in the wake of lower oil prices, the Department of Energy said… Read More »Diesel Falls From 2-Year High, Dropping 1.3¢ to $3.171 a Gallon
There will be no news posted to Truckinginfo.com for Thursday, Nov. 25 or Friday, Nov. 26 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime, check out our new blogs: All That’s Trucking; On the Road;… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving!
Updated: 11/23/2010 8:45:00 AM The U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 2.5% annual rate in the third quarter, higher than originally estimated, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Commerce last month estimated third-quarter GDP growth… Read More »Third-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 2.5%
Michelin North America is increasing prices on passenger car, light truck and commercial truck replacement tires sold in the United States. Truck tire and retread prices will increase Dec. 1 on Michelin, BFGoodrich and Michelin… Read More »Michelin Latest Maker to Raise Truck Tire Prices
Updated: 11/23/2010 10:00:00 AM Existing home sales dropped 2.2% in October, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. The decrease to an annual rate of 4.43 million, from 4.53 million in September, was bigger than… Read More »Existing Home Sales Fall 2.2%
UPS has agreed to sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm. Len Kennedy, vice president and COO of the unit, will become the chief executive officer after… Read More »UPS Logistics Technologies to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
Updated: 11/16/2010 9:00:00 AM Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.4% in October, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The increase in prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers was less than the 0.8% forecast… Read More »Producer Price Index Rises 0.4%
By Truckinginfo.com Staff A fleet safety study recently released by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, suggests that companies that strictly enforce their no-cell-phone policies have a lower crash rate than companies with milder… Read More »Studies Show Strict Fleet Cell Phone Policies More Effective Than State Cell Phone Laws
Updated: 11/16/2010 9:30:00 AM Trailer Bridge Inc.’s third-quarter income fell to $6,876, or zero cents per share, from $1.7 million, or 14 cents, a year ago. Revenue fell 3.4% to $29.3 million, the company said… Read More »Trailer Bridge's 3Q Income Declines
By Glen Sokolis, Sokolis Group Diesel fuel prices are going higher, because the Department of Energy told us so last week As fleet fueling costs increase, if you don’t have fuel management systems in place,… Read More »Diesel Fuel Prices Going Up, Fuel Management Needed If You Want Fuel Savings
Updated: 11/16/2010 10:15:00 AM Logistics firm US 1 Industries said its third-quarter profit improved on higher load activity. Net income rose to $827,000, or 6 cents a share, from $231,000, or 2 cents, a year… Read More »US 1 Industries' Third-Quarter Profit Improves
“All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor A full truckload of pharmaceuticals worth several million dollars was stolen last week at a rest area in Kentucky, illustrating a trend toward ever-higher values of stolen… Read More »Watch Out for Cargo Theft