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  1. A New York law requiring trucks to have crossover mirrors will go into effect next Friday, Jan. 13. View the full article
  2. LinkAmerica well buy 575 new trucks and trailers is a bid to improve service and enhance recruiting and retention efforts. View the full article
  3. In Gov. Cuomo's state of the state address yesterday, he introduced a plan for the New York Works Fund and Task Force, an entity that would make all the funding decisions for roads, bridges, parks, flood control and municipal water systems. View the full article
  4. National Tank Truck Carriers announced the addition of Monica Mastracco, the organization's new manager of member relations. View the full article
  5. Betts Spring, a six-generation family-owned and operated company, has promoted William Michael "Bill" Betts to vice president. View the full article
  6. On Thursday, Pilot Flying J announced its completed purchase of seven Bosselman travel centers in the Midwest. View the full article
  7. For the second year in a row, the Women in Trucking Association and Navistar will recognize one woman with the 2012 award for "Influential Woman in Trucking." View the full article
  8. Manufacturing grew in December at its fastest pace in six months, showing growth for the 29th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management, View the full article
  9. Equity group American Industrial Partners has bought Heil Trailer International from Dover Corp. View the full article
  10. The first product of Daimler AG's commercial-truck venture in the Indian subcontinent, a new BharatBenz brand heavy-duty vehicle, has been unveiled by Daimler India Commercial Vehicles. It heads a new series of heavy, medium- and light-duty trucks for the expanding Indian market. View the full article
  11. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has acquired $150 million from a group of investors, one of which is T. Boone Pickens, a founder of the company. View the full article
  12. Darrin Flitton has been elected as the 2012 chairman for NATSO, the national trade association that represents truckstops and travel plazas. View the full article
  13. Tricia Kane has been named the new marketing communications manager for Bee Line View the full article
  14. Regular readers of Heavy Duty Trucking may know me as The Tire Guy. I've written the magazine's tire feature every month for the past four years or so. I got a dose of my own medicine on Christmas Day, trying to take my motorcycle out for a rare winter spin. View the full article
  15. One of the biggest misconceptions is that batteries charge the same throughout the year. They simply don't! In warm weather (above 40 degrees), batteries are very easy to recharge. View the full article
  16. On Dec. 29, Otter Tail Corp. announced it had sold its North Dakota-based trucking business, E.W. Wylie, View the full article
  17. The environment for truckers remains modestly favorable with decent growth, capacity and pricing conditions as we enter 2012 -- but a severe capacity shortage that could significantly affect rates is less likely, thanks to a delay in new driver regulations, according to transportation forecasting firm FTR. View the full article
  18. Diesel prices are down as far as the national average, but are up in some regions of the country, and gasoline and crude oil prices both rose Tuesday. View the full article
  19. Los-Angeles based Platinum Equity has acquired Keen Transport Co., Carlisle, Pa., which includes Keen Transport Inc. and Cressler Trucking Inc. View the full article
  20. Last year, Accuride significantly enhanced its capacity to make aluminum wheels for the commercial vehicle industry. View the full article
  21. Gem City Tire, based in Dayton, Ohio, has opened its sixth full-service truck tire center in Sharonville, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. View the full article
  22. Through this partnership, Apacheta will resell ALK's CoPilot Live Professional and CoPilot Truck Professional, embedding CoPilot's turn-by-turn directions as options in their TransportACE, RouteACE, MerchandiserACE and ServiceACE mobile workflow applications. View the full article
  23. Two stories hit my desk last week that highlight the place of tolls and public-private partnerships in the debate on infrastructure funding. View the full article
  24. Commercial trailer net orders surged in November, with 28,393 trailers added to the order board. View the full article
  25. A DOT official in New York State was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony bribe-taking. View the full article
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