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JLR SIGNS UP WITH CHERY FOR CHINA OUTPUT

Jaguar Land Rover has signed a joint venture agreement with Chinese carmaker Chery for production of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles at a new $1.7 billion facility in Changshu near Shanghai, due for completion in 2014. It will be the first time that the company has manufactured vehicles from the ground up outside of the […]

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Mack-U.S. Forest Service promote truck-driving careers

Recognizing that cultivating a strong pipeline of qualified drivers is vital to the future success of the trucking industry, Mack Trucks partnered with the U.S. Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (JCCCC) to offer a ride-along opportunity for a Job Corps student.

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Victims Of Down Economy Switching Gears To Trucking Jobs

With companies like Hostess, Campbell’s, and Comcast closing down, some workers are now applying for jobs for the first time in decades. One industry that’s booming is truck driving, a career that’s attracting young and old from all walks of life.  

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After reported deaths, Senator seeks energy drink investigation

Standing against a poster of a product well-known to truckers and four-wheelers, Sen. Dick Durbin appeared on the Senate floor Nov. 15 to again request the Food and Drug Administration further investigate potential health risks of energy drinks

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Mexico retains U.S. trucker after prison release

Overdrive Magazine – The mother of the Dallas trucker being detained in Mexico says Mexican officials have given little explanation for holding her 27-year-old son Jabin Akeem Bogan following

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October Truck Tonnage Declines 2.1%

Truck tonnage declined 2.1% in October, the first year-over-year decline in three years, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

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Southeast Asia Auto Industry Enjoying Production Boom

Wards Auto – Southeast Asia’s three biggest auto-producing countries, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, all will report record or near-record production in 2012.

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Unemployment insurance claims soar

The number of Americans who sought unemployment benefits last week jumped to an 18-month high, largely a side-effect of the superstorm that battered parts of the East Coast.

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Honda Plans to Increase Sales in Japan

Honda aims at selling 850,000 vehicles in Japan in the year ending March 2013, an increase of 16% from the previous target. In October, Honda reduced its full-year target to 4.12 million vehicles and cut its profit target by a fifth after sales in China were hardly hit in September and October the violent anti-Japan […]

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