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Business

Great West Truck Show features seminars

Included will be sessions on Compliance, Safety, Accountability; hours of service; and how to pass a U.S. Department of Transportation audit.

June 2, 2011

Business

Hebe to address truck conference

Navistar executive will appear Aug. 25 during the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas.

June 2, 2011

Business

Con-way to donate $200,000 to Joplin

Con-way Inc. is making a $100,000 charitable contribution to support disaster relief efforts and $100,000 for local employees.

June 2, 2011

Business

Con-way wins CTA safety award

Con-way Freight won the California Trucking Association’s best safety program award for companies with more than $10 million gross revenue, the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based carrier announced. The less-than-truckload carrier also won two first-place safety awards in the more than 4 million mile short-haul and more than 7 million mile long-haul categories.  The 2010 Fleet Safety […]

June 2, 2011

Business

Economic growth slows in May

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May for the 22nd consecutive month.

June 2, 2011

Business

Court to decide Sirius XM class action case Aug. 8

Plaintiffs allege the 2008 merger creating Sirius XM violated federal anti-trust laws and Sirius XM raised prices because of the merger.

June 2, 2011

Channel 19

Driving Miss Crazy shoots straight

Just how Birmingham News “Driver’s Side” traffic columnist Ginny MacDonald settled on the handle Driving Miss Crazy is something of a mystery. But like the friendship that evolved between the black chauffeur and the elderly Jewess in the film the handle plays on, the moniker smacks of a magnificent sense of humor. And that’s something […]

June 2, 2011

Overdrive Extra

These 14 sectors were hopping in May

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

June 1, 2011

Business

Volvo to assemble I-Shift in Hagerstown, Md.

The I-Shift automated manual transmission will be assembled at the Hagerstown, Md., powertrain plant, Volvo Trucks North America announced.  Production is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2012.   The truck maker’s $7 million investment for the assembly, which is being transferred from Koping, Sweden, includes making a new assembly line, installing new […]

June 1, 2011

Business

I-80 in Nebraska to be closed

Eastbound lanes at exit 420 will be temporarily closed June 6 at 11 p.m. and will reopen on June 7 at 6 a.m.

June 1, 2011

Business

Oak Grove 70 Petro to host Truckers Jamboree

The 13th Annual Truckers Jamboree will be June 10 and 11 at the Oak Grove 70 Petro, located at I-70 Exit 28 in Oak Grove, Mo., the travel center said.   The event celebrating American’s truckers includes exhibits, antique trucks on display, barbecue and live music.

June 1, 2011

Business

Pilot Flying J to upgrade showers, host contest

Pilot Flying J showers are being renovated and truckers can vote on the best shower at its interstate facilities this summer, the travel center announced.   For the next two years the truck stop’s 4,000 showers will be upgraded with new shower tiles, fixtures, lighting and hotel quality shower heads. Work on the project started […]

June 1, 2011