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Communication for the Future

Information is a commodity and time is the new currency. If you find yourself agreeing with that observation, then you may be on the way to doing a better job managing for the future, according to the principles set out Daniel Burrus, who specializes in understanding the future.

March 23, 1999

Trucks Add Pull to Cancer Effort

It’s obvious when you step into it that this is no ordinary trailer. It has a reception area, a classroom and even a kitchenette. This trailer is supposed to look good.

March 23, 1999

Class 8 Orders Maintain Robust Pace

Amid continued robust sales of Class 8 trucks in February, another banner year is predicted for truck makers.

March 23, 1999

ATA Puts Nose to Grindstone in Wooing TCA

After decades of feeling like second-class citizens, truckload carriers are being aggressively wooed by an American Trucking Associations eager to expand its membership and political influence.

March 23, 1999

Crash Puts Focus On Rail Crossings

The Amtrak accident at Bourbonnais, Ill., that killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others last week has refocused the attention of both the trucking and railroad industries on one of their most difficult common safety problems: grade crossings.

March 22, 1999

States Take Aim at Speeding Trucks

A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.

March 22, 1999

British Business Unites Against Tax

British industry has united in opposition to the government's 11% hike in diesel fuel taxes, which it claims will cost tens of thousands of jobs.

March 22, 1999

Arkansas Highway Bill Hits Bump

A Senate plan to tax truckers more than the motoring public for highway improvements failed to gain the required three-fourths majority Friday in the House.

March 22, 1999

Volvo to Purchase Stake in Petro

Volvo Trucks North America has agreed to buy a stake in Petro Stopping Centers. Details of the alliance between the truck manufacturer and the travel plaza chain were not announced.

March 22, 1999

Deutsche Post Adds Acquisition

Deutsche Post and its Swiss logistics subsidiary, Danzas, announced a plan to pay about $584.6 million to take over Royal Nedlloyd’s European Transport and Distribution division.

March 22, 1999