Truckers are increasingly doing business via mobile devices, according to UShip.com’s third annual mobile usage survey. It also shows significant shifts in use of smartphone GPS navigation over traditional GPS units and a greater appetite for social media and apps via mobile.

Started in 2010, uShips mobile study tracks year-over-year mobile trends of a cross-section of active transporters on uShip, ranging from commercial carriers to small fleet owner-operators to hot-shot drivers. More than 26,000 drivers were surveyed between Oct. 17-30, 2012.

According to the survey:

- 7 in 10 are conducting more business via mobile devices than ever before, compared to 6 in 10 a year ago.

- Nearly twice as many U.S. truck drivers use Android phones over iPhones; 1 in 4 uses a basic feature phone

- More than half of drivers say their phone already has or could replace their GPS device on the road

- Over half of all drivers say the 2012 texting ban has not changed their behavior on the road

- Text messaging (79%),

The University of the Aftermarket is now registering aftermarket industry professionals for 15 online courses that will begin Jan. 14, 2013.

The extensive offering of winter/spring semester courses enables industry professionals to earn continuing education units that can be applied toward their Automotive Aftermarket Professional or Master Automotive Aftermarket Professional designation.

Registration is open through Jan. 7, but prospective students are encouraged to register early to secure spots in the classes of their choice.

The following courses are available:

ADV 1100: Principles of Advertising
AM 2560: Strategic Sales and Marketing Issues
AM 2640: Dealership Variable Operations
AM 2650: Dealership Fixed Operations
AMM 1100: Introduction to the Automotive and Heavy Duty Trucks
AMM 2050: Automotive Retail/Wholesale Management
MGT 2300: Principles of Management
MGT 2500: Human Resource Management
MGT 3500: Operations Management
MGT 3700: Practice of Management and Leadership
MGT 4030: International Management
MGT 4250: Organizational Behavior
MGT 4800: Strategic Planning
MKT 2080: Principles of Marketing
MKT 3000: E-Commerce

Each course is certified for 3.0 Continuing Education Units.

For detailed course descriptions

Posted: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:05 pm
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Updated: 1:00 am, Tue Nov 20, 2012.

2 killed in tractor trailer crash in Pa.

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A Rehoboth Beach resident watches waves crash down in Delaware, just before Sandy made landfall.
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Hurricane Sandy is being described as the biggest storm in modern U.S. history. Due to an official engagement I was in New York City when the devastating hurricane hit the East Coast claiming more than 100 lives, displacing thousands of people from their homes, destroying properties worth millions of dollars, and rendering millions of people without power for many days to come. Few hours of the storm left the region and the city bleed. The New York City has never been so humbled like this after the 9/11. As Christians and non-Christians alike there are ample lessons to learn from.

I was inside a high-rise residential apartment with probably over 50 floors when Sandy struck; and except the harrowing sounds I could not hear much. But few hours into the storm the cars parked in the street were submerged into the water and our fear came true as the underground parking lots where the cooking gas pipe lines, electricity cable lines were all flooded too. The power went off immediately. Moments later we were asked to vacate to vacate the

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• Tax Update – An EVEN BETTER WAY To Get Your First $10 Million
• SHHHHHH…Please Don’t Talk About My Tax Loophole
• Adult Conversation About Income Tax Policy
• Natural Gas Revolution Part V – The Labor Market
• Natural Gas Revolution Part IV – How Big Is This?

I wrote last week that one of the great lessons of the recent Presidential campaign, for me, is how little we as a country understand income tax policy.

Since we’re about to engage in a crash course in fiscal policy[1] it’s worth focusing on the loophole of carried interest.

Both Presidential candidates referred in the debates to closing income tax loopholes, yet both were deathly afraid of mentioning anything specific, such as the egregious carried interest income tax loophole for hedge funds and private equity funds.  Romney skipped

On November 14, 2012, the L.A. Times confirmed that secession petitions had been filed with the White House from all 50 states. The move shows that while many in the nation are confident that President Obama will steer the country through the perilous times it is facing, there are millions more who fear the federal government is ready to crash and burn. Sparked by one lone petition to secede from the Union, the move has exploded stirring hundreds of thousands to add their names to their state’s petition on the “We the People” website. There is doubtful legal action that would result from the petitions, but the message has been heard loud and clear.

President Obama may have won re-election, but this country is extremely divided and there are just as many opponents to his presidency as he has supporters.

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