CSA 2010 Effect On Driver Shortage - Not So Much In The Near Term...
January 23, 2011
Nascent freight predictions have many fleets and investors turning their focus toward the impact of CSA 2010, the aging driver pool and other issues on "an impending acute" driver shortage. Our requests around what CSA 2010 really means - are up from shippers, logistics providers, smaller truckers and others watching the industry. We agree that the driver pool is changing, but we don't see it as the crisis and happening as quickly as some think. Here are some thoughts.
Best News for the Trucking Industry Has Nothing to Do With Trucking
January 19, 2011
U.S. Factories Buck Decline | online.wsj.com
American manufacturing, long written off as a economic loser, is making a comeback. For the first time since 1997, the number of manufacturing jobs grew last year by 1.2 percent, of 136,000 new jobs. And it's not a one-shot deal. Economists are predicting a 2.5 percent gain, or 330,000 new manufacturing jobs, this year.
Navistar Class 8 Monthly Market Share In The Teens - Way Off Their Highs
January 17, 2011
Navistar Corporation Class 8 market share will most probably stay in the teems for a while. The November Wards Class 8 US share (customer deliveries) came at 16.3% for Navistar - off 10%+ from earlier in the year. Is it the 13 Liter versus 15 Liter question, Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) versus Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) or a little of both?
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Opens Up its Records!
January 11, 2011
consumer product safety commission to launch public database of complaints | www.washingtonpost.com
Will a CPSC public data base start a primer for lawsuits?
Halliburton: Shareholders do not have to read the Fine Print?
January 10, 2011
high court to review class action vs. halliburton | www.washingtonpost.com
Will acceptance by the Supreme court of a possible class action against Halliburton by its shareholders open up the flood gates?
Sherwin Williams: Another Big Loss!
January 5, 2011
: City of Emeryville v. The Sherwin-Williams Company : Law and the Environment | www.lawandenvironment.com
When does a full settlement & a release not really release you completely?
Tobacco Companies: Potential 28 Million Hit in Connecticut!
January 5, 2011
Conn. Smoker Awarded Additional $4 Million in Suit Against R.J. Reynolds | www.law.com
Will R.J. Reynolds face many more Northeast verdicts?
Redone Revisited HOS Revisions - Time Rules Will Cost Truckers
December 28, 2010
Trucking industry unhappy with proposed drive time rules | www.thecitywire.com
Improved trucking profits come mostly from improved productivity - as in most businesses. Other regulations have direct equipment capital, computer-related and training costs, but the Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules affect utilization - the real driver of trucking profits.
WellCare: 200 Million Settlement!
December 28, 2010
wellcare finalizes settlement in securities case | www.bizjournals.com
Will Well Care's recent settlement be a trend to their indebtedness?
Drinking Water: Can be Hazardous to your Health!
December 20, 2010
probable carcinogen hexavalent chromium found in drinking water of 31 u.s. cities | www.washingtonpost.com
Should there be a limit set for hexavalent chromium?
Shale gas abundance provides new options for energy companies
February 13, 2012
Chesapeake Energy bites the natural gas bullet
January 25, 2012
Flurry of newbuild drilling rig deliveries in 2012 may dampen rig rates
January 20, 2012
Talisman joins the ranks of cautious E&P companies
January 12, 2012
Early signs of caution begin to cloud frontier exploration and production
January 4, 2012