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and we continue to get dinged at the pumps...:( U.S. refiners such as Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) have delivered 10 times the returns of Exxon Mobil Corp., gaining an average 43 percent to Exxon’s 4.2 percent and outperforming every other energy sector in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Gushing...

So as I look around available truck sites I see 3500-4000 lbs sprinters listed...on the Alliance boards.... there is no way in the world a sprinter can haul these loads....I am wondering does the risk of getting in an accident and being sued to death in a civil court proceeding out weigh the...

The Panther acquisition did hurt them any.... The $180 million purchase of Panther Expedited Services in June added $10.8 million to Arkansas Best’s top line, the company said Tuesday. Arkansas Best, ABF Return to Profit | Journal of Commerce

Hope they keep this up.... Federal Regulators Shut Down Federal regulators last week shut down an Alabama trucking firm identified as a “chameleon” carrier set up to evade an earlier out-of-service order in May. MTI Transportation was shut down after safety investigators found it was...

FMCSA Shuts Down Tennessee Trucking Outfit | Journal of Commerce FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro said the agency is stepping up efforts to pursue and shut down unsafe trucking companies as well as motor coach operators. “We will use every little bit of our authority to get bad actors off...

Holy Moly..hope this plan gets squashed right away... Canada News: Ottawa Ontario’s privacy commissioner says she is appalled that Ottawa plans to start eavesdropping on travellers’ conversation at airports and border crossings. Ann Cavoukian said while it is federal jurisdiction she is...

for the second year in a row...over a 6% tariff increase ....has anyone seen their rates go up by 12% in the last 2 years? FedEx Freight to Raise Truck Pricing 6.9 Percent | Journal of Commerce

No more reincarnation carriers... FMCSA Pursues Unsafe Truckers, Bus Lines | Journal of Commerce William B. Cassidy | May 31, 2012 8:24PM GMT The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story Agency shuts down 26 bus operators, using new rule to target ‘reincarnated’ companies In an...

keep them wheels a rolling.... Canada Ready to End CP Strike 'If Necessary' | Journal of Commerce The Canadian government is ready to legislate the end of the Canadian Pacific Railway strike that began earlier today “if necessary,” according to a report. Labor Minister Lisa Raitt...

More specific.. Did a recruiter point you to this site? Where you informed, if you needed extra advice or had questions that EO was available?.... Did you receive any EO material, like business card or a free bumper sticker?

Looks like a new boss for you Panther people... May 3 (Reuters) - Trucking company Arkansas Best Corp is in talks to buy logistics firm Panther Expedited Services Inc from private equity firm Fenway Partners for more than $150 million, two sources familiar with the matter said. XPO...

Canadians Dominate World No other country dominated the list as did Canada: The nation of 34.7 million people has only eight publicly traded banks, two of which are regional lenders. CIBC (CM) was No. 3 in Bloomberg Markets’ second annual ranking of the world’s strongest banks...

The Canadian Press Date: Friday Apr. 27, 2012 6:52 AM ET OTTAWA — There could soon be less spring in the step of those at National Defence as the department considers halting the decade-long practice of distributing free Viagra to the troops. Also under consideration is the...

Nor'easter to bring heavy rain and snow to U.S. East - Yahoo! News Heavy rains and snow will soon pound the eastern United States, possibly leading to downed trees, power outages and flight delays as a low pressure system from the Gulf of Mexico moves through the region, meteorologists said...

Panther banner?....now advertizing $1.00 + for CV's....what is the catch? or is there a catch?

it is strange that the Shreveport GM truck and bus plant will be closed up in the fall when articles like this appear.... Auto factories in North America will reach 90 percent of their capacity if sales hit 14 million, says Michael Robinet, managing director of IHS Automotive Consulting...

I've been at home now a week and have had a chance to catch up on my reading of business journals and rags....I see almost nothing that is indicative that things are going to pick up any for some of us....BUT as in the past most carriers will forecast some kind of uptick and the recruiting doors...

Here is the example....you get a load...the PAID way of course is down every back alley and deer trail and right off if you take it you'll be late...BUT if you stick to more main roads and travel 40 miles longer then the paid route.....what do you do? Call dispatch and inform them you'll be...

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