WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today launched its Campaign for Free Enterprise,” American Free Enterprise. Dream Big”. This unprecedented national campaign, one of the most significant in the Chamber's nearly 100 years, will urge Americans to embrace the essential role that free enterprise plays in the success of our country.
"As a nation we face major challenges, but none is greater than reviving the economy and creating the 20 million new jobs that we need over the next decade," said U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue. "It is time to remind and educate all Americans that the free enterprise values of individual initiative, hard work, freedom of choice, and the free exchange of trade, capital, and ideas built this great country and can lead us back to prosperity."
SEATTLE. At a meeting held here yesterday to educate its customers on the changes that will be wrought by the new EPA diesel engine emissions rules that take effect just weeks from now, Shell Lubricants fielded plenty of questions about the shop-level details of operating and maintaining trucks with 2010-compliant engines.
On hand to answer those questions-- at what was the last of ten such regional symposiums held around the country-- was Dan Arcy, OEM technical manager for Shell Global Solutions (U.S.). Many of the questions centered on what happens if a driver fails to refill the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) tank or simply fills it will water instead. Arcy reviewed the various systems designed to keep the driver informed of the level of DEF in the tank, from the analog DEF gauge, to the green-yellow-red warning light system. If a driver lets the tank run absolutely dry, he or she can still drive 1,000 miles on an engine de-rated to operate at 55 mph, Arcy explained. After that, once the truck speed drops to 5 mph or less, the driver will not be able to go any faster than 5 mph until the DEF is replenished.
U.S. truck tonnage fell 7.3 percent in September from the same month last year, the best year-to-year showing since November 2008, American Trucking Associations said Friday.
ATA’s seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index fell 0.3 percent in September from August after a 2.1 percent increase from July to August. August's index was down 7.5 percent from a year before.
The CBS Evening News (10/21, story 2, 2:05, Couric,) reported that "Obama rolled out a plan to use some of the bailout money to encourage smaller banks to lend to small businesses and help them create much-needed jobs." CBS (Mason) added that "small businesses have created nearly two-thirds of all the new jobs over the past decade and a half. In other words, we can't have a recovery without them."
CHICAGO - Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) said Thursday that Douglas Oberhelman, president of its engine and services business, will replace Chairman and Chief Executive James Owens next year.
The construction equipment maker has been eyeing a successor since last year, when Owens signaled that he planned to step down in 2010, and was widely expected to make an internal promotion.
Heavy Duty Dialogue '10 will include a panel discussion focusing on global transportation strategies, covering such topics as government regulations, highway congestion, new vehicles and technologies, as well as globalization, market consolidation and intermodal affects on the commercial vehicle industry.
Heavy Duty Dialogue is a business conference for executives in the commercial vehicle supplier industry. It will be held the Mirage in Las Vegas on Monday, Jan 18, 2010.
Transportation officials said they are optimistic Congress still will pass a long-term highway bill in coming months, but the exact timetable could depend on how quickly lawmakers wrap up debate on other legislation.
Advocates for a long-term highway bill were buoyed by recent comments by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate majority whip and a close ally of the White House, at an Iowa economic forum during which he indicated his support for passing a six-year transportation bill early next year.