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Greyhound Lines Being Purchased by Canadian Company

Greyhound Lines, the nation's only long-haul bus company, is being purchased by North America's largest provider of city transit fleets, school buses and ambulances.

October 20, 1998
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Mack to Use Cummins Engine Line

There’s a new partnership in truck manufacturing: Mack Trucks and Cummins Engine Co.

October 20, 1998
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FDX Forms New Logistics Unit

FDX Corp. named Joseph C. McCarty chief executive officer of FDX Global Logistics, a new organization that will include Caliber Logistics. He also will serve as CEO of Caliber Logistics.

October 20, 1998

Volvo to Invest $128 Million in Deutz AG

Volvo Truck Corp. will invest $128 million in German diesel engine manufacturer Deutz A.G., as part of a cooperative agreement finalized last week.

October 19, 1998

German Shareholders Ask Court to Block Deal

A state court on Friday confirmed two legal challenges aimed at blocking the merger of the German industrial group Daimler-Benz and the U.S. automaker Chrysler Corp.

October 19, 1998

Landstar Quits ATA Over Dues Dispute

Landstar System has dropped its membership in American Trucking Associations, becoming the first major company to leave the trade association since the launching of the sweeping restructuring of ATA.

October 19, 1998

CLM Elects Officers at Meeting

The Council of Logistics Management elected Kathleen Strange as its president for the 1999 term during its annual conference, held at the Anaheim Convention Center, Oct. 11-14.

October 19, 1998
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Cross-Docking: Just Another Form of JIT

If you can deal with the just-in-time deliveries that feed America’s manufacturing plants, you’re ready for cross-docking.

October 19, 1998