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Equipment Leasing and Finance Confidence Declines for the 7th Time in 8 Months

Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation

'Between the administration's trade strategy, the mid-term elections and the president's political challenges, decision makers are taking a wait-and-see approach to business investment'

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Equipment Management

ABC Applauds Reauthorization of Perkins Act to Drive Workforce Education

Bipartisan Congressional support reauthorizes annual funding up to $1.3B for improving access to career and technical education aligned with local workforce needs

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Trucks & Accessories

EPA Announces Largest Voluntary Recall of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks

Cummins Inc. will voluntarily recall roughly 500,000 model year 2010-2015 medium- and heavy-duty trucks to replace a faulty emissions control systems component

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Used Truck Prices Up 15% Over Last Year

‘As the year progresses, increasing supply due to increasing new truck sales, along with a softening demand will likely slow price appreciation’ ACT Research

Auction and retail used-truck markets show year-over-year increases of 41% and 23%, respectively, but the wholesale channel was down 18% compared to June 2017

A Mid-Year Follow-Up on Used Construction Equipment Trends

RDO Equipment Co.

Here's what has happened so far and what it means for the used equipment outlook in the second half of 2018 and further down the road.

Used equipment presents a great opportunity, with lower price tags making it feasible to add needed machines to fleets.

Diesel Fuel Prices Down as Questions Rise About Crude Oil Supplies

Political tension between the U.S. and Iran met increased OPEC crude supplies just as average U.S. diesel fuel prices dropped almost 2 cents

The national average on-highway diesel retail price, as reported by the Department of Energy on July 23, was $3.22 per gallon, 2 cents less than the previous week, but 71 cents higher than this week last year. Prices for the week fell in all regions.

Ford Motor Company Creates Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC

Ford Motor Company

Ford Autonomous Vehicles will encompass all aspects of Ford's self-driving vehicle business operations to accelerate its AV business and capitalize on market opportunities.

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DOT to Allow 18-to-20-year-old Vets CDL Licenses

Pilot will evaluate the safety of young people who have the military equivalent of a CDL when operating commercial trucks in interstate commerce

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Trucking’s ELD Rule is Reducing HOS Violations

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration measures hours-of-service violations decreasing since full enforcement of the electronic-logging-device mandate

The percentage of driver inspections resulting in the driver being cited for a violation of hours of service restrictions in May was 0.64%, down from 1.36% last summer, prior to the effective date of Dec. 18 when electronic logging devices are required.

Construction Safety

AGC Calls for Final Crane-Operator Certification Rule

Contractor’s group is helping urge Congress to press OSHA into finalizing a rule to improve safety and end years of uncertainty

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Is Your Construction Business Prepared and Protected for ICE Undocumented Worker Audits?

Understand and navigate the government’s amplified focus on undocumented workers to protect your business from escalating fines, jail time, delay damages and back-charges

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Equipment Management

Energy Department Raises Diesel and Gasoline Price Forecasts

US DoE projects the national average retail cost of on-highway diesel will average $3.13 for the second quarter, up 6.7% from the forecast made a month earlier

US Department of Energy Short Term Energy Outlook

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