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Trucking fruit in Obama’s energy, manufacturing messages

January 25, 2012

If you missed last night's State of the Union address, the President followed in predecessors' footsteps by detailing a veritable laundry list of election-year policy initiatives with no small measure ...

Factory freight finishing strong

December 1, 2011

Owner-operators with hauls tied closely to factory output should see good demand through year-end, based on today’s report from the Institute for Supply Management.

Santa’s elves cranking out electronics

November 1, 2011

Manufacturing continued growing in October, but at a slower pace than September, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

Retail’s rebound bodes well for holidays

October 14, 2011

The economy’s still sputtering, but it looks like there will be lots of freight through the holidays. At least consumer goods and other cargo related to retail sales are doing ...

Wood production leads September growth

October 3, 2011

Manufacturing activity, and the economy in general, kept growing in September, though some related measurements tempered that good news. Wood Products was the leading manufacturing category reporting growth. The monthly analysis ...

Manufacturing slows down

August 1, 2011

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the 24th consecutive month.

Breaker-breaker: Thursday Channel 19 news round-up

July 28, 2011

Tonight on American Trucker on the Speed Channel: You The third episode of the second season of the American Trucker documentary show on the Speed Channel is called, simply, "Independent." ...

T370 Kenworth hits medium-duty landmark in Quebec plant

July 27, 2011

A Kenworth T370 was recently recognized as the historic 100,000th medium duty truck produced at the Paccar's Ste-Therese, Quebec, manufacturing plant. The plant, which opened as a brand-new facility in ...

Reports good for factory freight

July 2, 2011

You might have heard that the stock market just logged its best weekly gain in two years. One major reason was good manufacturing news.

These 14 sectors were hopping in May

June 1, 2011

Manufacturing slowed down last month, but it’s still growing.
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