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  1. Rush Truck Center-Laredo (Texas) has made a significant donation to help Laredo Community College launch a Professional Truck Driving Training Program and upgrade its Diesel Engine Mechanics and Repair Program training curriculum View the full article
  2. Ryder System will soon be offering diesel exhaust fluid, needed for operation of many EPA-2010 engines, at every full service Ryder location in North America. View the full article
  3. Sam Martin, COO of SAF-Holland Group and president of the American subsidiary SAF-Holland Inc., will resign at the end of 2010 at his own request. View the full article
  4. Bridgestone Americas plans to relocate members of its senior management team and other functions of its Muscatine, Iowa-based Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions operations to locations in the Nashville, Tenn., area, including BSAM's headquarters facility in Nashville. View the full article
  5. The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel rose for the third week in a row, by 6.8 cents last week, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
  6. Sam D. Kahan has joined ACT Research Company as senior economist. Kahan is also principal of Kahan Consulting, Ltd. View the full article
  7. The amount of visual distraction is a key factor in whether in-cab technology increases crash risk for commercial drivers, according to a new study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. View the full article
  8. In October, TransCore's market research shows a 69 percent increase in spot market freight availability, compared to October 2009. For the third consecutive month, spot freight achieved the highest level for the month of October since 2005, View the full article
  9. Daimler Financial Services announced that it changed its legal entity name to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC. View the full article
  10. PeopleNet has become one of Trucker Buddy's newest donors for 2010. View the full article
  11. Freightliner Trucks delivered what it calls the first turnkey natural gas truck upfitted with a vacuum body. View the full article
  12. Michael Cardone Jr., chief executive officer of Cardone Industries, has been selected as the first chairman of the newly formed Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association, View the full article
  13. The landslide Republican victory will change the transportation players on the House side, but there is no clear signal that even with this new leadership Congress has the political will to solve the key problem of funding the federal highway program. View the full article
  14. The Timken Company announced that Michael C. Arnold, executive vice president and president of the Bearings and Power Transmission Group, intends to leave the company at the end of the year. View the full article
  15. Two rest areas on I-90 in Ohio will be closed for six month starting today as crews modernize the facilities. View the full article
  16. Customers and employees of TravelCenters of America raised $211,115 for the St. Christopher Trucker Development and Relief Fund, through their first ever Band Together fund raising promotion during October. View the full article
  17. "The reason we've got an unparalleled standard of living in the history of the world is because we've got a free market that is dynamic and entrepreneurial, and that free market has to be nurtured and cultivated." View the full article
  18. GE announced the largest-ever single electric vehicle purchase commitment, pledging to deploy 25,000 cars over the next five years, a move that could eventually help move the company into electric trucks as well. View the full article
  19. Flying straight in the face of long-standing opposition by the President himself, a draft report from the bi-partisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform proposes a 15-cent hike in fuel taxes, beginning in 2013, to sustain the Highway Trust Fund. View the full article
  20. Federal-Mogul Corporation appointed former ACDelco General Director Paul Johnson to the position of vice president, North America, global aftermarket. View the full article
  21. Mexico is rattling trade sabers in an effort to get stalled talks on the cross-border trucking dispute moving again. View the full article
  22. A combination of factors that are fueling a rebound in demand for Class 8 trucks could push production over 150,000 vehicles for 2010, according to ACT Research Co. View the full article
  23. A suit filed in U.S. District Court in California in July on behalf of regional drivers employed by Schneider National Carriers says the carrier failed to pay all wages, mileage, and benefits required by state labor laws. View the full article
  24. Nuss Truck & Equipment has announced that Brian Nuss will become director of new truck sales & leasing, effective immediately. View the full article
  25. The American Trucking Associations' legal challenge to certain aspects of the Port of Los Angeles' Clean Truck Program will remain in legal limbo until late spring or summer. View the full article
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