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Friday Sector Laggards: Trucking, Cigarettes & Tobacco Stocks Forbes In trading on Friday, trucking shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Arkansas Best (ABFS), down about 15.1% and shares of YRC Worldwide (YRCW) off about 4.2% on the day. |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 11:35 am
Jaipal Reddy wants Rs 80000 additional tax on diesel cars Times of India NEW DELHI: If S Jaipal Reddy has his way, diesel car prices would rise substantially shortly. The oil minister on Friday formally proposed to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to slap an additional excise duty of Rs 80000 on diesel vehicles in the ... |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 11:41 am
Cameras Cut Supervalu's Trucking Costs Supermarket News Minneapolis-based Supervalu saved almost $66000 on annual repair, liability and workers' compensation costs in the trucking operation at one of its distribution centers as a result of installing an onboard camera system. The system, installed in 100 ... |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 9:20 am
Trucking braces for impact of new food safety law Fleet Owner All the practical implications of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (now Public Law 111-353) are not yet spelled out when it comes to the trucking industry. What is clear, however, is that the new law, if it withstands post-enactment efforts by ... |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 8:16 am
![]() HULIQ | 'Ice Road Truckers': Dave Redmon says producers wanted catfight between Lisa ... HULIQ By Mechele R. Dillard on 2012-01-27 In part four of this exclusive six-part Huliq series, Dave Redmon of Ice Road Truckers fame explains how producers of the show tried to use Maya's arrival as a way to control the show's most popular driver, Lisa. |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 5:23 am
![]() Politico | Obama Embraces Natural Gas Fueled Trucking IEEE Spectrum Visiting Las Vegas today, President Obama officially opened the country's first natural gas trucking corridor, a stretch linking California's Long Beach with Utah's Salt Lake City, along which properly equipped medium- and heavy-duty trucks can tank up ... President Obama's Support of Natural Gas Vehicles and LNG Fueling Corridors ... Obama's support of natural gas vehicles and LNG fueling corridors for trucking ... President Obama Talks Alternative Fuel in Las Vegas |
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 8:37 pm
![]() Land Line Magazine | TA/Petro campaign results in record donation to truckers fund Land Line Magazine The TravelCenters of America has concluded its second annual “Band Together for SCF” campaign with $212538.87 in donations to support the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund. Customers and employees of TA and Petro Stopping Centers ... TravelCenters of America Customers and Employees Donate More Than $212000 to ... |
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 4:02 pm
![]() Land Line Magazine | Trucking-related companies make PIRG's 'Dirty Thirty' list Land Line Magazine ... A national consumer advocacy group has published its “Dirty Thirty” list of companies that received more money in tax breaks than they paid in federal income taxes – and five of the companies on that list are involved in the trucking industry. |
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 4:01 pm
Mid-West Truckers Association to host 50th annual convention and show Morton Times-News By Anonymous The Mid-West Truckers Association will host its 50th annual Mid-West Convention and Truck Show Feb. 3-4 at the Peoria Civic Center and Four Points by Sheraton. It will be the 10th consecutive year the group has held the event in the River ... |
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 8:41 am
Trucking firms top forecasts for quarter AZ Central.com The two Phoenix-based trucking companies reported strong freight volumes during the holiday season, which is consistent with a freight-tonnage report this week from the American Trucking Association in Arlington, Va. The association said its seasonally ... Knight Transportation 4Q Net Up 23% As Revenue Rises Swift Transportation profit beats estimates Swift Transportation Launches New Driver Recruitment Website Designed by ... |
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 5:56 pm
Truckers urged to speak out against I-95 toll plan in North Carolina Land Line Magazine By David Tanner, associate editor A heads up for truckers in North Carolina, the state DOT is proposing to rebuild Interstate 95 and use tolls to pay for it. The plan will cost billions and be done in phases. The public has an opportunity to comment ... |
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 4:04 pm
![]() This is Money | Motoring groups across Europe will urge Brussels to investigate the rising ... This is Money The cost of fuel at the forecourt has continued to remain stubbornly high this year, despite the fall in the price of barrel of oil. Diesel prices are hovering around the all-time highs witnessed in April last year, leaving hard-pressed motorists and ... Britons to face fuel chaos |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 9:28 am
![]() Independent Online | Petrol price to rise by 34 cents next week Business Day Diesel with a 0,05% sulphur level will, however, decrease by one cent a litre, with diesel with a 0005% sulphur level dropping by two cents. The petrol-price increase is slightly above expectations as Tony Twine, senior economist at Econometrix, ... Hefty petrol price hike Petrol price to rise by 34c/l Gauteng retail petrol at record high |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 2:50 am
![]() The Sun | 'Sort Coryton out' The Sun By STEVE HAWKES THE government was urged to intervene in the Coryton refinery fiasco last night — as the price of petrol continued to soar. Administrators finally resumed sales of oil "products" — allowing tankers to fill up for forecourts. The Price of Diesel Expected to Soar No cash, no delivery: Oil tankers play waiting game |
Posted on 27 January 2012 | 2:12 am
![]() Firstpost | Why taxing diesel cars is worse than raising diesel prices Firstpost According to a pre-budget recommendation made by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the logic is: diesel costs less than petrol, and hence diesel cars must cost more to avoid subsidisation of the rich. BusinessLine quoted CSE as saying: ... Diesel car prices will rise by INR 80K only if . . . ? Hike taxes on diesel cars: Greens Finance ministry for higher excise duty on diesel cars |
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 1:17 am
![]() BBC News | Diesel price drops, petrol unchanged Stuff.co.nz Diesel prices are falling, with BP cutting the price at the pump by 5 cents a litre. Its price at the pump for a litre of regular diesel is $1.529 a litre, with its ultimate grade costing 1c a litre more. Petrol prices remain unchanged, with a litre of ... Does diesel fuel get you further than petrol? |
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 2:00 pm
![]() Bangkok Post | Policy rate cut, diesel price revision Bangkok Post The central bank has again cut the key policy rate to 3.00%, as the Energy Ministry might allow the diesel price to rise above 30 baht a litre. The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has cut the repurchase rate by 0.25 percentage point ... |
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 2:17 am
![]() Bloomberg | Solar Proving Cheaper Than Diesel in India Making Mittal Believer: Energy Bloomberg India is producing power from solar cells more cheaply than by burning diesel for the first time, spurring billionaire Sunil Mittal and Coca-Cola Co. (KO)'s mango supplier to jettison the fuel in favor of photovoltaic panels. The cost of solar energy ... Solar Cheaper Than Diesel in India, For the First Time How is a poor person to make ends meet? |
Posted on 24 January 2012 | 7:33 pm
![]() INAUTONEWS | Record diesel prices expected after refinery goes into administration The Guardian Motorists have been warned to expect record diesel prices after the UK's largest independent oil refinery went into administration, putting 1000 jobs at risk. The Coryton refinery, in Essex, stopped supplies after its parent company, the Swiss-based ... Diesel prices to hit record high Impact: Diesel prices to hit record levels – UK £100 for a tank of diesel and record petrol prices predicted as Coryton ... |
Posted on 24 January 2012 | 10:56 am
![]() Parda Phash | Apex bank moots de-regulation of diesel prices The Hindu The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has favoured a de-regulation of diesel prices. In its third quarter review of Monetary Policy 2011-12, the apex bank suggested diesel price de-regulation “to contain aggregate demand and trade deficit. RBI asks government to deregulate diesel price RBI: Government should deregulate Diesel price. . . ! RBI asks govt to free diesel prices |
Posted on 24 January 2012 | 8:34 am