A glut of gadgets? All you need is a killer pager August 1, 2014 When their cell phones died on Sept. 11, 2001, people in New York and Washington, D.C., had no trouble using their BlackBerrys to stay in touch with colleagues, family, and friends
Get to work, kid August 1, 2014 There are plenty of personal reasons why hiring your kids or your spouse is a minefield, but there is at least one potential benefit. It's a tax strategy called income-splitting: y
ATA names U.S. Xpress boss association chairman August 1, 2014 ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Tennessee trucking executive Patrick Quinn was named chairman of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the nation's largest trucking industry trade and advocacy group.
Insurance: Look in the mirror for lower premiums August 1, 2014 If you run trucks, then, you face two basic realities today with respect to insurance. First, no one's saying that rates will go down any time soon. Second, the days of lax underwr
CTA takes trucking message to top legislators August 1, 2014 OTTAWA -- Parliament Hill got a big dose of trucking this week as the Canadian Trucking Alliance continued to drive home its message of the economic importance of trucking.
Paccar has best Q in its history August 1, 2014 BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Paccar, parent company of Kenworth and Peterbilt Trucks, has just complated its best quarter in the company's 100-year history.
Customer service? Who cares? August 1, 2014 It still surprises me how much junk e-mail I get. I delete most of the messages in my in-box without ever reading them, but recently, for some reason, I opened up an untitled e-mai
Fortress Trucking moves into new castle August 1, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Ontario bulk liquid carrier Fortress Trucking has grown out of its current location in Cambridge, Ont. and will move its operations to a new state-of-the-art facility just down Hwy. 401 in Guelph.
Truckers still dodging bullets on Iraq August 1, 2014 After years of unsuccessfully trying to squeeze himself into a number of tailored legacies, Prime Minister Jean Chretien may have just stumbled into something that actually fits.
Marine Atlantic needs to improve safety: Transportation board August 1, 2014 NORTH SYDNEY, N.S. -- A new Transportation Safety Board report says that Crown corp. Marine Atlantic must step-up safety aboard its ferry service.
New Canadian HOS regime around the corner August 1, 2014 OTTAWA - Canada's new hours-of-service rules have been formally approved and will be published in the Canada Gazette Part II in mid-November, Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre announced.
PIC, RIP: A requiem for enlightened transport policy August 1, 2014 I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised in April when I heard that the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) pulled the plug on its support for Partners In Compliance. The
Markel taps new president August 1, 2014 TORONTO -- Markel Insurance Company of Canada has named Silvy Wright as the new president of the company.
Spanning the globe for a ‘world truck’ August 1, 2014 Five years ago, at the height of his presidency at Freightliner LLC, Jim Hebe pledged that the company would never produce a totally vertically integrated truck in North America-at
Special FX: 5 foreign exchange strategies August 1, 2014 Don't feel bad. You weren't the only one caught off guard by the unprecedented drop of the U.S. greenback. I attended an out-of-town soiree recently and was raising a glass with a
