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Daily health tip: Eat less later
Saving your biggest meal for dinner ensures your body will store more calories.
January 15, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Clothes, fuel and computers lead factory report
Clothing was one of nine growing sectors that produced the fifth consecutive month of expansion for the nation’s manufacturing sector.
January 7, 2010
Business
Mixed results from safety blitz
The results indicated a lower rate of out-of-service violations and citations for drivers and vehicles.
December 30, 2009
Business
Index at year’s highest level
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.7 percent in November.
December 30, 2009
Overdrive Extra
A creeping, sputtering recovery
It appears that trucking and the economy will be slouching toward health and stability during 2010. Here are forecasts from three sources.
December 29, 2009
Business
Study: Air quality improves at Port of Long Beach
The cleaner air is due to better technology, not from a slowdown in cargo.
December 29, 2009
Overdrive Extra
OMG! SaDIP my dataQ
The CSA 2010 webcast assaulted listeners with more acronyms per square inch than is legal under EPA or OSHA regs.
December 17, 2009
Overdrive Extra
Manufacturing sustains its hot streak in November
Manufacturing monitor ISM issued a good news, bad news report today, but the good outweighs the bad.    The sector expanded in November for the fourth consecutive month, says the Institute for Supply Management. The downside is that the rate of growth is less than a month ago, and less than analysts expected.    “The […]
December 1, 2009
Overdrive Extra
Truck dealers analyze a year’s anemic sales
It still appears to be a buyer’s market for Class 8 trucks, according to a report from the truck dealers’ trade group. It’s been “a year of heavy depreciation for the highway sleeper market,” says the ATD/NADA Official Commercial Truck Guide. Considering the depressed conditions, prices could have dropped even lower, says Chris Visser, editor […]
November 25, 2009
Overdrive Extra
How to make the roadway fly by
If you still have any doubt about how dangerous texting while driving is, a new study offers some comparisons. A post from the Poynter Institute, a journalism education group, notes that 26 percent of teens admit to poking out messages while they’re behind the wheel, according to a Pew study. I bet the reality is […]
November 20, 2009
Overdrive Extra
Chalk it up as a decent quarter
There was a mixed bag of trucking-related economic reports Friday, though the good seems to outweigh the bad. The American Truck Dealers, citing trade press reports, notes that third-quarter earnings reports from fleets show freight volumes appear to be rising, though revenues aren’t keeping pace. Also, U.S. truck tonnage fell 7.3 percent in September from […]
October 30, 2009
Overdrive Extra
Landstar optimistic in spite of lower earnings
Landstar System Inc., reported its share of lower revenue and income numbers in its third-quarter earnings statement, but the nation’s largest owner-operator carrier also sees a turnaround taking shape. The company earned $20 million from revenue of $501 million in the quarter that ended. Sept. 30. Comparable net income a year ago was $33 million […]
October 15, 2009
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