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Barr-Nunn enhances retirement plan for company drivers
By CCJ Staff
Barr-Nunn Transportation is enhancing its 401(k) plan for company drivers 100 percent by contributing two cents per mile on all paid miles.The drivers do not have to contribute anything. ...
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December 2004
CARRIERS HONORED FOR INFORMATION TECH USEArkansas Best Freight System won CIO magazine’s Enterprise Value Award, which recognizes applications of information technology. The award will be presented at the 2005 CIO Perspectives on Enterprise Value Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 6-8.InformationWeek magazine named Landstar Systems as one of the 500 Leading Innovative Companies on its 2004 list of America’s most innovative information technology users. This is the fifth consecutive year t...
...click for full articleVolvo sponsors free Milsap concert at GATS
By eTrucker Staff
Six-time Grammy-winning country artist Ronnie Milsap, sponsored by Volvo Trucks North America, will perform at 6:30 tonight in Ballroom C of the Dallas Convention Center at the Great American Trucking Show. Born blind from congenital glaucoma, Milsap developed extraordinary musical talents at about the age of 7. He has also been honored with six Billboard awards, eight CMA awards, three ACM and four Cashbox awards. He has had 40 No.1 singles and sold more than 23 million records in his 30-year c...
...click for full articleLong-distance love can work
October 2005
I was browsing the Internet trying to subscribe my husband to Truckers News en Español, and I came across John Latta’s column “The Driver and His Lady” [in the August 2005 issue of Truckers News]. I loved it because I can relate to it; it’s close to my heart.I had a long-distance relationship with the man who became my husband. I still remember it like it was yesterday and still get the same butterflies.My husband was a truck driver when I first spoke to him. We met over the phone and spent more...
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By Laura Crackel
@YOURCOMPUTER Starved for music? Tune-feed yourself with niche channels Next time you’re stuck on the road with dead time and a live Internet connection, crank up some music that fits your taste. Web music stations such as Spinner.com offer hundreds ofspecialized channels of free music, with little or no interruptions or advertising.Some music sites require you first to download their player, which requires only a few minutes and no technical expertise. Others play through your Web browser. The...
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