05 Aug Demystifying the NTDC Scoring Process The National Truck Driving Championships involves a considerable amount of fanfare, including a rousing breakfast, a parade of equipment and a celebratory awards ceremony. However, there’s a less flashy (but no less important) aspect of NTDC that receives little attention: the scoring process. Read more...
05 Aug China Halts Crop Imports, Weakens Yuan China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariff threat with another escalation of the trade war Aug. 5, asking state-owned companies to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products. Read more...
05 Aug Cancer Survivor’s Road to Recovery Culminates With Trip to NTDC Kevin Mailand’s biggest challenge en route to winning Grand Champion honors at the 2019 Kansas Truck Driving Championships was getting to Topeka in the first place. Five years earlier, he was diagnosed with Stage 3 esophageal cancer. Read more...
05 Aug NTDC Promises Packed Schedule, Tough Course for Top Truckers Hundreds of top truck drivers soon will descend on Pittsburgh for the 82nd annual National Truck Driving Championships. Read more...
05 Aug How One State Brought Its Truck Driving Championship Back to Life Since 2009, when the Ohio Truck Driving Championships returned to the hands of the Ohio Trucking Association, the competition not only has been a success with drivers, it has turned into a self-sustaining event. Read more...
05 Aug CVSA Prepares for Annual Inspectors Championship As the nation’s top truck drivers prepare to convene in Pittsburgh for the National Truck Driving Championships, another group of safety professionals — law enforcement officers — will meet in the same city for its own competition. Read more...
05 Aug 2019 North American Inspectors Championship Competitors Here's the list of inspectors competing at the 2019 North American Inspectors Championship. Read more...
02 Aug Trump Praises Deal to Increase US Beef Exports to Europe President Donald Trump on Aug. 2 praised a previously announced deal that will open up the European Union to more U.S. beef after the bloc carved out quotas previously granted to other nations. Read more...
02 Aug Amazon Loses ‘Last Bear’ Among Stock Analysts Amazon.com’s last bear has given up. Allen Gillespie came into this week the only one of 55 financial analysts tracked by Bloomberg with a “sell” rating on the company’s shares. In a note to clients July 30, he upgraded the retail and technology giant to “hold.” Read more...
02 Aug Chevron Earnings Jump on Permian Output, Andarko Breakup Fee Chevron Corp. posted strong production growth from the Permian Basin combined with a stabilization in its refining operations to beat earnings estimates in the second quarter. Read more...