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Teamsters Sue to Stop Dangerous Plan to Open Border to Unsafe Mexican Trucks (Popularity:  )
http://www.teamster.org
The Teamsters Union has
filed a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration's illegal pilot program
authorizing unsafe Mexican trucks to operate freely in the United States.
The lawsuit against the Transportation Department's Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration was filed Monday in federal court in
California. The Teamsters Union is suing because the Bush administration
violated federal law by failing to publish proper, advance notice of the
pilot project and by not allowing an opportunity for public comment ...
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Teamsters, Members of Congress Rally for School Bus Workers' Rights (Popularity: )
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Teamsters rallied here today, calling on the world's largest private school bus transportation company to treat its workers fairly and remain neutral in their fight to form a union. The Teamsters were joined by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL). Naperville is home to the corporate headquarters of Laidlaw International Inc., which is being bought by U.K.-based FirstGroup, owner of First Student. The deal would ...
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Three U.S. Airline Pilots File Suit to Force FAA to End Age Discrimination Under Controversial 'Age 60 Rule' That Threatens to Ground Thousands of America's Best Pilots (Popularity: )
http://www.seniorpilotscoalition.org
U.S. airline passengers will lose the services of an estimated 5,000 of this nation's most experienced and trusted pilots -- many of them Vietnam War and Gulf War I veterans -- if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to drag its feet on ending its discriminatory "Age 60 Rule," according to a legal action filed late last week by three airline pilots nearing the age of 60. The legal action ...
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Enablence Technologies Announces Agreement With Albis Optoelectronics (Popularity: )
http://www.mo-media.com
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (TSX VENTURE: ENA) Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence" or the "Corporation"), a developer of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) transceivers for optical modems, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Albis Optoelectronics AG ("Albis"), a leading supplier of photodiodes for the datacom and Fiber-to-the-Home markets. All conditions pursuant to this agreement are expected to be fulfilled on or about March 21, 2007. ...
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Hub Group, Inc. Reports Record Revenue and Earnings for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 (Popularity: )
http://www.hubgroup.com
Hub Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUBG) reports record income from continuing operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 of $13.5 million, a 54% increase versus income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2005. Hub Group's diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $0.34 for the fourth quarter 2006. This represents an increase of 55% compared to last year's fourth quarter diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...
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SkyWest, Inc. VP Finance & Treasurer to Present at the Raymond James & Associates 28th Annual Institutional Investors Conference (Popularity: )
http://www.skywest.com
(Nasdaq: SKYW) SkyWest, Inc., VP Finance and Treasurer Michael J. Kraupp will participate in the Raymond James & Associates 28th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida. The presentation is scheduled to take place Monday, March 5, 2007 at 11:35 a.m. EST. Raymond James will webcast an audio-only version of its conference participants' presentations live on the Internet. SkyWest's presentation will be Monday, March 5, 2007 at 11:35 a.m. EST. ...
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"Rail Pocket" Helps Dutch Railways' Train System Smoothly Serve One Million Passengers Daily (Popularity: )
TORONTO - Opalis Software, Inc., the leading provider of Run Book Automation (RBA) software that orchestrates, integrates, and automates IT operational processes, has announced the successful implementation of Dutch Railways' innovative "Rail Pocket" wireless application, which includes critical IT process workflows automated and managed by Opalis. Dutch Railways is one of the busiest rail systems in the world and carries over one million passengers daily, with over 5,000 departures from ...
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Invention Support Announces a Great New Invention for Automobile Owners Known as the "Remote-Start" (Popularity: )
Invention Support has signed a strategic alliance with, Mohamed Fayed, the inventor of the new device known as the "Remote-Start", to offer support for this great new invention and to proudly introduce it into the general automotive market.The basic idea behind the Remote-Start is to increase security and convenience in starting an automobile. Remote-Start dramatically increases the security of a parked car, in that the key mechanism is less primitive ...
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Air New Zealand Places Third Order for Boeing 787 Dreamliners (Popularity: )
http://www.boeing.com
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today said that Air New Zealand has finalized an order for four additional 787-9s, following on from the airline's announcement in December that it would be placing an order. This is the airline's third order for the popular 787 Dreamliner. With today's announcement, Air New Zealand has ordered a total of eight 787-9 Dreamliners. Deliveries of these four airplanes will take place from 2011 through ...
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International Truck and Engine Corporation Expands Motor Sports Marketing Program (Popularity: )
http://www.internationalengines.com
International Truck and Engine Corporation, a Navistar company, has expanded its motor sports marketing initiative to promote its leading commercial diesel powered trucks. The company will sponsor the new No. 10 MaxxForce(TM) International Diesel truck in the 2007 NASCAR(R) Craftsman(TM) Truck Series with seasoned driver, David Starr, behind the wheel. "We've learned over the past six years through our Ford Power Stroke(R) Diesel by INTERNATIONAL(R) sponsorship and the NASCAR motor ...
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