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Toyota Financial Services Asks Recent College Grads, "What Would You do With an Extra $1,000?" (Popularity:  )
http://www.toyotafinancial.com
TORRANCE, Calif., June 15, 2011 -- Pay off your credit card? Support your favorite charity? Take your grandparents skydiving? Toyota Financial Services ("TFS") wants to know what recent college grads would do with an extra $1,000 cash in their pocket. To find out, TFS announced the launch of its on-line college essay contest in which eligible participants are asked to write an essay (of 100 words or less) describing how ...
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Transport Technologies, Inc. Makes Shipping Freight Easier and Cheaper (Popularity: )
According to the American Trucking Association, businesses spend 81 cents out of every dollar they spend on shipping on trucks. However, with over 68,000 trucking companies nationwide, finding the right hauler at the right price in a timely manner can be daunting. Alabama Transport Technologies may have solved this problem. According to owner Nick Noll, Alabama Transport Technologies is the exclusive distributor for an online interface between shippers, brokers and ...
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Transportation Industry Veteran James L. Welch Named New CEO of YRC Worldwide (Popularity: )
http://www.yrcw.com
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 22, 2011 -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) today announced that transportation industry veteran James L. Welch, a former President and CEO of Yellow Transportation, has been named as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Welch was appointed CEO, effective immediately, by the new YRC Worldwide Board of Directors today. "YRC Worldwide is pleased to announce that James L. Welch will lead the newly restructured ...
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Trimble Introduces a Variable Rate Application Option for Its EZ-Guide 500 Guidance System (Popularity: )
http://www.trimble.com
Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced today that it is adding a Variable Rate Application (VRA) option for its AgGPS(R) EZ-Guide(R) 500 lightbar guidance system. The VRA capability provides site-specific application control allowing farmers to apply inputs such as fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia (NH3), and seed only where it is needed and at the rate needed to reduce costs and improve agriculture operations.The VRA option allows the user to input a field prescription ...
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces Operational Success of Fleet GPS Tracking and Mobile Resource Management (Popularity: )
http://www.fmsgps.com/
The GPS Fleet Tracking equipment and online application deployed during the last 12 months by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Detention and Removal (DRO) has been deemed a success, announces Fleet Management Solutions, Inc. (FMS). DRO has implemented the system to reduce costs, improve officer safety, enhance mission execution and streamline fleet maintenance. Over 2000 of the 4500+ vehicles are being tracked in real time, providing operational ...
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U.S. Postal Service Ready for Busiest Mailing Day (Popularity: )
http://www.usps.com/
Monday, Dec. 20, marks the Postal Service's busiest mailing day of the year with more than 800 million pieces of mail expected to enter the system. This represents a 40 percent increase in the average daily volume of 559 million pieces of mail."There's still time to mail greeting cards and ship presents," said Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. "If customers get their cards and packages to us by Tuesday, Dec. ...
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UPDATE: Red Bull: New Year. No limits. Who Needs Snow When You've Got Air? (Popularity: )
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While our friends to the north call them snowmachines, most of us know them as snowmobiles, and the hipper folks simply call them sleds. No matter what you call this mode of transportation, history will be made by Levi LaVallee on New Year's Eve at Red Bull: New Year. No Limits., airing live on Friday, December 31 on ESPN, immediately following the Chick-Fil-A Bowl (approximately 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 ...
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UPS Freight Workers in Ohio Sign Cards to Become Teamsters (Popularity: )
http://www.teamster.org
An overwhelming majority of about 345 workers at the UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) terminal in Columbus, Ohio have signed authorization cards to become Teamsters, bringing the total number of drivers and dockworkers seeking to join the union to more than 9,400 since January 16, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced. The workers are seeking to join Local 413. "These workers have fought so hard for years to get strong ...
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UPS Freight Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify Contract (Popularity: )
http://www.teamster.org
The Teamsters added more than 9,900 new members with workers at UPS Freight overwhelmingly ratifying a contract by more than 89 percent. The agreement will improve wages, benefits and working conditions, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced today. The Teamsters kicked off this organizing campaign in 2006 when it organized UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) workers in Indianapolis and negotiated a contract with the company that was ratified by a ...
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Vector Fleet Management Launches Apprenticeship Program for Employees (Popularity: )
https://vectorfleet.com/
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - February 15, 2020 -- Vector Fleet Management is starting a new apprenticeship program that will be available to all entry-level fleet maintenance technicians and existing employees who are interested in pursuing careers in entry-level technician positions, including yard or fueling personnel.Technicians who do not already have an on-site toolbox are eligible to participate in the program. They can use tools provided by the company during training. After ...
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