Diesel fuel’s national average pump price rose for a second straight week, gaining 1.4 cents to $2.817 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
May 30, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernmentAutonomous
Preliminary Report Shows Downturn in ’06 Large-Truck Crash Fatalities
Preliminary data released by the Department of Transportation show that fatalities from large truck crashes declined 3.7% last year compared with 2005.
May 30, 2007Business
Fed Minutes Cite Housing Slump, Inflation Concerns
Federal Reserve officials acknowledged they underestimated the length of the U.S. housing slump, and continued to view inflation as the biggest risk to the economy.
May 30, 2007BusinessGovernmentAutonomous
Bush Signs Mexican Trucks Restrictions Into Law
President Bush has signed a bill into law setting restrictions on the government’s pilot program to allow Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways, the Associated Press reported.
May 30, 2007BusinessSafety
Opinion: The Diabetic Trucker Debate
May 30, 2007
Business
Forecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season
May 30, 2007
BusinessSafety
PHH Sets Safety Modeling Service
PHH FirstFleet Tuesday said it launched a new predictive modeling service for driver safety analysis and training for private fleets.
May 30, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
Knight Raises Quarterly Dividend
Truckload carrier Knight Transportation said Tuesday its board raised the company’s quarterly cash dividend, declaring a dividend of 3 cents per share, an increase of 50%.
May 29, 2007BusinessFuel
Feds Push Coal-Liquid Technologies
Federal officials and the coal industry are making a push for big subsidies to develop technologies to turn coal into liquid fuel, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
May 29, 2007