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Trucking company agrees to cleanup plan for formaldehyde spill in Roanoke County - Roanoke Times

Trucking company agrees to cleanup plan for formaldehyde spill in Roanoke County
Roanoke Times
More than three years after a tanker truck crash spilled toxic embalming fluid off a steep mountain road in Roanoke County, a trucking company has agreed to fix the damage that remains. Nichols Transport Inc. will replace about a half dozen ...

Trucking Company That Rejected Veteran With Service Dog Looks For Way Out Of EEOC Lawsuit - Forbes

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Trucking Company That Rejected Veteran With Service Dog Looks For Way Out Of EEOC Lawsuit
Forbes
The trucking company asked the court in June to dismiss the lawsuit, alleging it was filed in the wrong court. In the alternative, the court should transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids Division ...

Trucking company steps up to help two Clovis Unified bus drivers deliver goods to Texas - KFSN-TV

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Trucking company steps up to help two Clovis Unified bus drivers deliver goods to Texas
KFSN-TV
Weeks after Hurricane Harvey tore through Texas and Louisiana, the Central Valley is still showing support for the victims. For two weeks, Clovis Unified School District bus drivers have been collecting donations for Hurricane Harvey victims. "We got ...

Can Tesla Disrupt The Trucking Market With Its Electric Semi Truck? - Forbes

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Can Tesla Disrupt The Trucking Market With Its Electric Semi Truck?
Forbes
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would unveil an electric semi-truck at an event to be held on October 26. The unveiling will be very closely watched by investors, as it marks Tesla's first step away from the luxury passenger vehicle market into ...
Elon Musk on Twitter: "Tesla Semi truck unveil & test ride tentatively scheduled for Oct 26th in Hawthorne. Worth ...Twitter

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Costco drops trucking company accused of labor violations - USA TODAY

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Costco drops trucking company accused of labor violations
USA TODAY
Costco, one of the world's largest retailers, has stopped doing business with a California trucking company accused of trapping drivers in debt and then using it to force them to work overtime. The action comes as brands across the U.S. face increased ...
Costco Dumps Trucking Company Accused of Labor AbusesTheStreet.com

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Three Brothers Admit $920000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company - South Passaic Daily Voice

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Three Brothers Admit $920000 Payroll Con At Clifton Trucking Company
South Passaic Daily Voice
CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton woman admitted in federal court Wednesday that she helped con a local trucking company out of $920,000. Lisa Popewiny, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said.

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How Blockchain Technology Could Transform Trucking - Trucks.com

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How Blockchain Technology Could Transform Trucking
Trucks.com
Trucking companies would be able to maintain immutable records on each truck in their fleet, tied to every piece of maintenance given or damages incurred throughout the truck's life—from the moment it rolls of the assembly line until it is sold again ...

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Cedar Rapids trucking company filling two trailers with supplies for victims of Hurricane Harvey - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

Cedar Rapids trucking company filling two trailers with supplies for victims of Hurricane Harvey
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
CEDAR RAPIDS — Lou and Diane Harvieux say they are feeling a special connection to the residents of Texas in the wake of historic flooding following Hurricane Harvey. The Cedar Rapids couple — Lou, 76, and Diane, 71 — helped in the sandbagging ...

Uber's Legal Fight With Google Could Screw Its Self-Driving Truck Employees - Jalopnik

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Uber's Legal Fight With Google Could Screw Its Self-Driving Truck Employees
Jalopnik
The company has pointed to another subsidiary wholly-owned by Otto Trucking. The subsidiary, Otto Transport LLC, “owns (and apparently operates) trucks employing self-driving technology” and is based out of Uber's headquarters in San Francisco, Waymo ...

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Verify: Who is responsible for falling highway debris? - WKYC-TV

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Verify: Who is responsible for falling highway debris?
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Have you ever had something slam into your windshield from a truck hauling rocks or gravel? So who's responsible when the trucking company says it is not. WKYC' s Brandon Simmons set out Wednesday, to verify how it all works. Brandon spoke with Andy ...

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