The Auto Gamble

July 2, 2008

Cement-truck driver strike in New York City stalls work at major construction projects (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

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Cement-truck driver strike in New York City stalls work at major construction projects (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK - Hundreds of cement-truck drivers are on strike in New York, stalling work at some of the largest construction projects in the city. The strike began on Tuesday and could last through the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Cement-truck drivers strike in New York City (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of cement-truck drivers are on strike in New York, stalling work at some of the largest construction projects in the city.

Cement-Truck Drivers? Strike Stalls New York City Construction (New York Times)
Most of New York City?s largest projects were hobbled by a strike by hundreds of cement-truck drivers.

Iraq: truck bomb kills 1, injures 25 (USA Today)
A truck bomb planted near the house of a Sunni sheik who had turned against al-Qaeda killed one person and wounded 25 others Tuesday near the northern city of Mosul, police said.

India’s truck drivers prepare for strike (BBC News)
Truck drivers in India are preparing for an indefinite strike over high fuel prices that threatens to bring the country to a stand-still.

Penske Automotive buys Penske Truck Leasing stake (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Auto retailer Penske Automotive Group Inc. said Monday that it bought a 9 percent limited partnership interest in Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP from GE Capital for $219 million.

Driverless truck hits Madison’s new fire engine (Daily Record)
MADISON — They had every reason to think the new $500,000 fire engine was safe in the firehouse. But then who expects a runaway rental truck to barrel down Prospect Street?

Truck bomb wounds at least 15 near Mosul, Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
Hospital officials say a truck bomb has wounded at least 15 people near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

Truck bomb in Iraq wounds at least 15 (Baltimore Sun)
BAGHDAD Hospital officials say a truck bomb wounded at least 15 people yesterday near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Local police said the bomb was planted near the house of a Sunni sheik, Abdul-Razaq al-Waqaa, who had turned against al-Qaida. Police said 40 people were wounded in the blast near al-Qayarra, 40 miles south of Mosul, including al-Waqaa and his wife. The reason for the …

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