Forecast: $4-plus diesel through summer
Diesel prices averaged $2.98 a gallon last summer.
Study IDs drivers likely to crash
Truckers with certain driving records are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash than their peers with clean driving records.
Rush Enterprises’ Income More Than Triples
Rush Enterprises’ first-quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago on higher truck sales.
USA Truck’s First-Quarter Loss Narrows
USA Truck reported a first-quarter loss of $2.7 million, or 26 cents per share, compared with a loss of $3 million, or 24 cents, a year ago.
Researchers develop platinum-free catalysts for fuel cells; polyaniline, iron, and cobalt
Schematic diagram of the synthesis of PANI-M-C catalysts. (A) Mixing of high–surface area carbon with aniline oligomers and transition-metal precursor (M: Fe and/or Co). (B) Oxidative polymerization of aniline by addition of APS. (C) First heat t…
Forward Air’s 1Q Income More than Doubles
Forward Air Corp.’s first-quarter net income rose to $7.9 million, or 27 cents a share, from $3.4 million, or 12 cents, a year ago.
Philadelphia Manufacturing Index Slows
Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region slowed this month but showed expansion, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.
Leading Economic Indicators Grow 0.4%
An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.4% in March, the ninth straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.
Iowa truck driver files lawsuit over 2010 crash in central Neb. that killed another trucker
An Iowa truck driver has filed a federal lawsuit over a January 2010 crash in central Nebraska .
Jobless Claims Drop for Week
Initial jobless claims decreased by 13,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.