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It's About The Skills, Stupid
Not the deficit, nor interest rates: the biggest economic challenge is ensuring we have enough qualified workers. TODAY the three rural independents are expected to end the political uncertainty hanging over Australia since the August 21 election, and decide who, if anyone, will govern us for the next three years. But last...
 
 
Obama's Tax Credits May Boost Auto Industry
While many businesses and economists are taking a wait-and-see approach to the Obama administration's plan to pump up to $200 billion into business spending, the auto industry's chief lobbying arm enthusiastically embraced one part of it. President Barack Obama is expected to ask Congress to let businesses write off 100 percent...
 
 
Bully Dog Develops ECM Tuners For Big Rig Engines
Owner operators and fleet managers know that the ECM is the brain of the engine. The ECM controls all of the functions of the engine including the amount of fuel, injection pulse width and many other parameters. The ECM processes all of this in real time by reading...
 
 
Balqon Signs Dealer Agreement With Beltway Int'l for Its Zero-Emissions Electric Yard Tractor
HARBOR CITY, CA, Sep 07, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Balqon Corporation (BLQN 0.80, 0.00, 0.00%) , a developer and manufacturer of zero-emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles and drive systems, has entered into a dealer agreement with Beltway International, LLC, Maryland's largest full-service domestic and international truck dealer. Under the terms of...
 
 
Commercial Vehicle to Make Daimler Trucks Parts
Commercial Vehicle Group to build new Mexican factory to make parts for Daimler Trucks NEW ALBANY, Ohio Heavy truck equipment supplier Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. has reached a deal to sell seating systems, flooring and plastic interior components to Daimler Trucks North America LLC. Terms of the deal weren't...
 
 
GE Capital is Agent for $320 Million Revolving Credit Facility to H&E Equipment Services, Inc.
NORWALK, Conn., Sep 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it is administrative agent for a newly amended and extended $320 million revolving credit facility to H&E Equipment Services, Inc., one of the nation's largest equipment services companies focused on heavy commercial and industrial equipment....
 
 
Navistar, NASA Testing Trucking Aerodynamics
  CHICAGO -- Future aerodynamic technology current being tested by NASA and Navistar could save the trucking industry nearly $10 billion annually. Navistar, which makes International brand trucks and MaxxForce diesel engines, has teamed up with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NASA's Ames Research Center and the U.S. Air Force to...
 
 
Oil Rig Blast Forces 13 Workers Into Gulf of Mexico
  An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said. The rig was still ablaze and the blast raised fresh pollution fears as the region struggles to recover from...
 
 
Obama Limits Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Heavy Trucks, Buses
Greenhouse gas emissions from medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks and buses will be regulated by the federal government for the first time beginning in model year 2014 under an official Memorandum issued today by President Barack Obama. "America has the opportunity to lead the world in the development of a...
 
 
Volvo Offering Fuel Efficiency Guarantee Program
Volvo Construction Equipment has started a Fuel Efficiency Guarantee program that is being offered on the company’slarge wheel loaders through Dec. 31, 2010. Based on fuel consumption reports, Volvo Construction Equipment will evaluate the fuel efficiency and share the difference in fuel cost with the equipment owner if the machine does...
 
 
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