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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.
TravelCenters Aims to Lure Motorists, Truckers With New Design
The opening of a new prototype truck stop just outside Denver is allowing TravelCenters of America to reposition itself in the marketplace.
July 14, 1999N.J. Gets Hazwaste Fee Back
A New Jersey court handed down a surprising decision that reinstates a previously abolished hazardous waste transporter fee — at least for now.
July 14, 1999Engine Decrees Remain in Limbo
The consent decrees between the Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department and six diesel engine manufacturers remain precisely where they have been for months — in the hands of U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy.
July 14, 1999Cirillo Puts Safety Before Image
Julie Cirillo, the federal government’s top trucking regulator, wants the industry to know that when it comes to safety, she’s less interested in public perception than in saving lives.
July 14, 1999Truck Stocks May Make Comeback
Trucking stocks have been pummeled as investors migrate to less-volatile industries. But one investment analyst said conditions may be right for them to soar again.
July 14, 1999Execs Urge Colleagues to Join ATA
American Trucking Associations Chairman John Wren and more than 100 of ATA's members are on a whirlwind tour of the country, pitching membership in trucking’s largest trade group.
July 14, 1999Yellow Reinstates Fuel Surcharge
Yellow Freight System, one of the nation's largest general freight carriers, said it will reinstate its diesel fuel surcharge July 14 to offset rising fuel prices.
July 13, 1999Teamsters Rein in Another Local
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has placed another of its locals in trusteeship, following a bitter month-long strike against a beef processor in Wallula, Wash.
July 13, 1999Vantage Lands J.B. Hunt Trailer Deal
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will install trailer-tracking devices from Vantage Trailer Solutions on many of its 14,000 trailers over the next two years.
July 13, 1999Overnite, Teamsters Talks Delayed
Contract talks scheduled to begin Tuesday between Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union were delayed when the company said it was not prepared to start negotiations.
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