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U.S. trucking industry wins bid for longer tandem trucks
2015-06-26 00:58:52| Trucking - Topix.net
Trucks delivering containers wait to enter the Port of Newark in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., on Thursday, June 18, 2015. The U.S. trucking industry won a bid for legislation that would allow longer tandem trucks.
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Trucking industry-backed measure would permit longer tandem trucks on US highways
2015-06-25 20:43:36| Trucking - Topix.net
A trucking industry-backed bid to allow longer tandem trucks on the nation's highways has been approved by a Senate committee over opposition from safety advocates and most Democrats - and the panel's GOP chairman. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the change, sought by the American Trucking Associations and large haulers such as FedEx Corp., which would increase the permitted length of trailers hauled in tandem from 28 to 33 feet.
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Climate change creating longer, more intense fire seasons, warns interior secretary
2015-06-13 05:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Intelligencer: Climate change is a burning issue for the United States and particularly the American West, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, whose department has to fight increasingly intense forest and range fires. In a tweet Friday, Jewell warned: Fire seasons are longer and more intense from climate change. They damage landscapes vital for wildlife and people. The 23,000-acre Taylor Bridge fire, east of Cle Elum, consumed forests and threatened homes in 2012. Fires on the east slope...
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Mike Shedlock - Retail Sales Bounce as Expected; How Much Longer Can Subprime Auto Sales Lead?
2015-06-12 10:24:31| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Economists got one right for a change. Retail sales bounced 1.2% led by autos vs. the Bloomberg Consensus Estimate of 1.3%.
A slump in transportation stocks may no longer signal danger
2015-06-06 13:16:28| Airlines - Topix.net
In this April 23, 2013 file photo, a United Airlines jet departs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The Dow Jones transportation index, a gauge that tracks airlines, railroad and freight companies, was down as much as 9.6 percent from a recent peak in February through the end of May. United Continental, the rail road Union Pacific and freight company UPS are among the stocks that have dropped.
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