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PHILADELPHIA — The October report on Class 8 truck orders that is coming out in early November will not look good, said the CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, but that will be because numbers will be compared to a highly unusual corresponding month last year.

PHILADELPHIA — Board rooms, assembly lines and deliveries on the roadways can be improved by enhancing the way managers and employees communicate, retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal told industry executives here Oct. 19.

PHILADELPHIA — While industry and government often don’t see eye to eye on regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency and American Trucking Associations agree that SmartWay is a program that works.

PHILADELPHIA — The flawed and imperfect U.S. economy is, and will remain well into 2016, the world’s strongest producer — and trucking will benefit from that, two economists offering forecasts said here.

PHILADELPHIA — BestPass Inc., a provider of toll payment and management services, has added a new feature to help fleets catch unplanned toll usage.

PHILADELPHIA — Conversion Interactive Agency is launching Conversion E-Learning Academy, a Web-based resource offering driver orientation and onboarding programs.

PHILADELPHIA — PeopleNet is partnering with Samsung to expand the hardware choices available for its fleet-management applications.

PHILADELPHIA — Speaking at American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 18, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator Scott Darling declared 2016 “the year of partnerships” between his agency and stakeholders such as ATA.