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Consumer confidence highest since February 2008

Truckgauge – The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose slightly in November from October and stands at 73.7 — the highest level since February 2008.  

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After snag, used truck market sales gain in October

The used truck market has found course once again, says ACT Research, as sales improved 6 percent from September for Class3-8 trucks.

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Be ready: Calif. starts enforcing new regs in January

Commercial Carrier Journal, CCJ – California officials will start the new year by enforcing a new truck regulation that carries substantial penalties for violators. Starting Jan. 1, owners of trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds with 2000-2004 model year engines must have installed

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Industry event sessions to be streamed live on CCJ

Commercial Carrier Journal, CCJ – You won’t have to be in Scottsdale, Ariz., next week to take part in CCJ‘s 2012 Fall Symposium — three of the sessions will be streamed live on CCJ‘s homepage.

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Fuel providers implementing natural gas rollout strategies

Commercial Carrier Journal, CCJ - At the American Trucking Associations’ Summit on Natural Gas in Trucking, executives from Love’s Travel Stops, Pilot Flying J and TravelCenters of America discussed their respective plans and strategies for developing the nation’s infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) for Class 8 trucking operations.  

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Strike idles Port of L.A.’s biggest pier

Los Angeles — Striking workers shut down the largest terminal at the Port of Los Angeles for a second day Wednesday, ignoring an arbitrator’s order to return to work and raising the possibility of a larger job action that could paralyze the nation’s busiest port complex.

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Mexican Market Booming, Mainly for Export

Wards Auto – Auto makers are stepping up plans for new or expanded vehicle-assembly plants. yet, despite the new vehicles rolling off the line, few workers who produce them will have the means to purchase one, an expert says.

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‘Capacity’ North American Auto Industry’s Latest Battle Cry

Wards Auto – Auto maker executives are doing something in North America they are doing nowhere else in the world: complaining they do not have enough production capacity.

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New Bridge, Auto Policy Key to Canada’s Future

Wards Auto - Auto makers are looking for less-costly places to produce vehicles as Canada becomes more expensive, but key government measures can help boost, or at least maintain, current momentum driving into 2013 and beyond.

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