Auto industry accelerates as Obama, Romney debate bailout

Source: Dayton Business Journal

A worker at the General Motors SUV assembly plant in Dayton before it was closed in 2008 during the financial crisis that led to the automotive industry bailout. By all accounts, the U.S. auto industry is back o ...
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Analysis: Shale energy boom dangles prospect of leap in economic growth

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - America's reliance on fuel imports has sucked vigor from its economy for decades. Now an oil and natural gas boom holds out the prospect for a new era of stronger U.S. economic growth. Vast reserves of nat ...
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Shale-Gas Drives Trucking Overhaul

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Rebecca Smith Rising diesel costs, last year, forced Waste Management Inc. to charge customers an extra $169 million, just to keep its garbage trucks fueled. This year, the nation's biggest trash hauler has a new defensive str ...
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Source: SchaeffersResearch.com: Daily Market Blog

The equity put/call volume ratio across all nine options exchanges stands at 1.17, with 3.4 million puts being exchanged so far today, versus 2.9 million calls. Among the securities with put-heavy activity is Navistar International (NAV - 27. ...
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Medium & Heavy Trucks - Global Group of Eight (G8) Industry Guide

Source: PR Newswire

Scope of the Report * Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation Highlights The G8 countries contributed $60,479.7 million in 2010 to the global medium ...
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FedEx hopes electric trucks will deliver savings

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

High fuel prices can hurt any business. But few feel the pinch quite like FedEx Corp. The logistics and delivery service owns 40,000 vans and trucks and burns through 300 million gallons of fuel per year, most of it ...
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Navistar Defense, Indigen Armor, SAIC Unveil Special Operations Tactical Vehicle

Source: Freshnews.com

LISLE, Ill., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Navistar Defense, LLC, Indigen Armor and SAIC today unveiled the team's Special Operations Tactical Vehicle for the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) 1.1 program. T ...
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