Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 202

Business

FedEx Ground honors entrepreneurs

Owner-operators were recognized for their business development, customer service, safety record and community support.

August 18, 2010

Business

White House gets heavy-duty truck fuel standards

Proposals cover fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for medium- and heavy-duty on-highway vehicles and work trucks.

August 18, 2010

Channel 19

Ice roads to Dallas; truck lot entertainment schedule for GATS

Next week, it’s safe to say that all roads in the North American trucking world lead to Dallas, even the Canadian ice roads — or at least those typically run by Yellowknife, Canada’s Alex Debogorski, past “Ice Road Truckers” star, who will be on hand at the Dallas Convention Center for the Great American Trucking […]

August 18, 2010

Business

Mexico adds more tariffs

Mexico increased to 99 the number of U.S. products with retaliatory tariffs.

August 17, 2010

Business

Agency opposes court-imposed hours rules deadline

FMCSA says court should not impose a deadline on issuing a regulation for supporting documents for hours-of-service compliance.

August 17, 2010

Business

Time extended to use new alcohol test form

The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended the deadline to begin using updated Alcohol Testing Forms to Jan. 1.

August 17, 2010

Business

Diesel price declines

The national price fell 1.2 cents to $2.979 in the latest week.

August 17, 2010

Business

DOT posts rule on drug tests

Procedures involve testing for Ecstasy, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.

August 17, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: AVOID FRIVOLOUS SPENDING. The average ATB

PIB TIP: AVOID FRIVOLOUS SPENDING. The average ATBS client nets only 32 cents for every dollar of gross revenue, hence, 68 cents per dollar earned goes toward vital business expenses. Heeding that ratio can help you resist a frivolous spending spree the next time you have a big settlement check. The Partners in Business program […]

August 17, 2010

Reader Rigs

Lee, Fla., resident Von Tompkins Jr. owns this 200

Lee, Fla., resident Von Tompkins Jr. owns this 2002 Peterbilt 379. The working truck is equipped with a 550-hp Caterpillar.

August 17, 2010

Channel 19

WNBA star and her mother, a former trucker, recognized by industry organization

Did you know that the most decorated player in the WNBA (and a four-time Olympic gold medal winner besides), former L.A. Sparks star Lisa Leslie, grew up the daughter of a career truck driver? I didn’t, that is, until last week, when at the Staples Center in Los Angeles during a game between the Sparks […]

August 17, 2010

Business

General tires renamed Grabber

The General Truck tires will be renamed Grabber and expanded as individual products are launched, Continental Tires the America announced Aug. 16.

August 16, 2010