Selling to other businesses on credit terms? Is this hurting your cash flow and hindering your company growth? Achieving and maintaining an effective and flexible cash flow is essential to the success of your business – particularly if you sell on credit terms. But, all too often you can find yourself facing a long wait
April 25–It’s been more than two months since Michael Ponce, 39, was killed in a car crash on U.S. 285, in southern Eddy County. He was one of two men killed in the accident, which continued a string of fatalities along the troubled roadway known for heavy industrial traffic to and from the oilfields of
April 25–Everybody knows about the up-and-down, cyclical nature of the heavy-duty truck market. But as Mack Trucks proved in the first quarter, sometimes you can be up — and down — at the same time. First, the up: Mack’s worldwide net order intake increased 59 percent in the first quarter, while its deliveries went up
April 24–While you were sleeping, a unique act of heroism took place overnight along I-696 in metro Detroit. A line of 13 truckers, with assistance from Michigan State Police, created a wall on the I-696 freeway near the Coolidge exit to help prevent a man from jumping off the overpass. Chris Harrison, who claims to
April 24–LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — One person is dead after a Monday morning collision in Lexington County. It was a two-vehicle collision, involving a Mack truck and Dodge pickup truck, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Paul Matthew Becker, 81, was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short
April 23–Tony Furman and Cliff Eisenberg are ready to celebrate. They are about to sell their 25-year-old El Paso-area, invoice purchasing company, Interstate Capital Corp., for an estimated $100 million-plus to Triumph Bancorp, a Dallas banking company operating the TBK Bank chain in five states. “Twenty-five years ago, we had no strategy except to make
April 21–A runaway dump truck hauling fire debris that injured seven in a fiery crash in Fountaingrove last February was overweight and only five of its eight brakes worked properly, CHP investigators revealed this week. The lead contractor on the Fountaingrove cleanup disputed the findings Friday. The truck recently had its brakes serviced and was
April 21–SOUTHERN INDIANA — It’s just a paved lot now, but soon, one 16 acre property in River Ridge will be the home of a comprehensive over-the-road truck driving school for Mister “P” Express, Inc. At the school, students will learn how to maneuver Mister “P”‘s signature red and yellow semis by sitting in the
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April 20–A Kentucky trucker who transported dozens of undocumented immigrants from Laredo to San Antonio in a sweltering tractor-trailer, resulting in the deaths of 10 people, was sentenced Friday to two concurrent life sentences without parole. The judge equated the actions of the driver, James Matthew Bradley Jr., to torture. “My heart goes out to
