YRC Worldwide Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit
YRC Worldwide Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $23.1 million, or 49 cents per share, though it lost $322 million, or $8.13 per share, for the full year.
Driver, 3 students injured when ‘ice missile’ strikes school bus on I-95
In his 32 years as a school bus driver, Eli McNair said he had never seen anything like it.
Terror alert program changed
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is replacing its five-color terrorist threat alert system with a two-level system.
Mo. seeks comments on rest area truck parking
The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking comments on rest area truck parking.
KRTS shortlisted for community service award
CALEDONIA, Ont. — Kim Richardson Transportation Specialists has been nominated for the Mayor’s Community Service Award in Caledonia. KRTS made the list for its Honk for Hunger initiative, which has collected more than 127,000 lbs of donations… [Full…
GM Launches LPG Chevrolet Beat in India
With over a billion people (and growing), India may one day have a thirst for oil rivaling even the U.S. Chevrolet is offering Indian consumers another choice though, a propane-powered Chevrolet Beat microcar.
You may recognize the Beat name from a pre…
Exercise Product: Fitness Ball
Trainermat’s Trainerball is a fitness ball designed to strengthen the body’s core. The Trainerball simplifies the process of exercising by illustrating step-by-step instructions for the most effective core-strengthening routines directly on the ball. Trainerball comes in two different designs: a red, 55-cm ball for heights 5’5 and below and a black, 66-cm ball for heights […]
DOE to invest up to $7M to support early-stage solar technologies
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest up to $7 million in total funding through DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to support the development and commercialization of emerging solar energy technologies.
The PV Technology Incu…
Cheap, 80 mpg VW hybrid coming in 2013
Not just a green marketing exercise
The $20,000, 80 mpg hybrid?
When VW first debuted the XL1 plug-in hybrid, I wasn’t impressed. To be quite honest, I’m sick and tired of hearing about what automakers could potentially do. What can you do today, is wh…
Accuride Sells Truck Seating Unit to CVG
Commercial Vehicle Group said Jan. 31 it bought heavy-duty truck seating unit Bostrom Seating from fellow compoent maker Accuride Corp., for $8.8 million.