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...Traditional retail pick-up buyers may prove harder to entice because towing a heavy load — an important feature for many buyers — shrinks the distance an electric truck can drive before it needs to recharge...
...The median salary for drivers hauling fully loaded trucks on irregular routes across the US was $53,000, an ATA survey showed, relatively good pay for a job that does not require a university degree....
...On the wall of his office overlooking Piraeus’ busy port, George Xiradakis has mounted the weathered bow of his mother’s fishing boat, while underneath sits a faded image of her hauling a sensational catch...
...But the high carbon oil has come under fire from environmentalists because of its quantities of heavy metals and toxic chemicals....
...The current rude health of the route – equipped with the latest General Electric diesel engines, often hauling trains 120 cars long – testifies to the often unheralded success of the US’s hundreds of regional...
...According to Fidelity International’s Tokyo investment team: “At this point, exporters in the auto, heavy machinery and electronics sectors appear to be most at risk....
...the face of impending changes to the regulatory framework coupled to upheavals in the tax system are having an immediate impact on the desirability of London as a location in which to work,” said John Benson...
...Bearded and wearing a cap, a black T-shirt and long shorts, he looks like he should be hauling sound gear for a heavy metal band, and when we meet he regales me with tales of his time in England in the late...
...Alstom, up 6.5 per cent at €136.06, was the leading gainer from the Eurofirst 300 amid hopes that government support for French nuclear restructuring would enable the heavy engineering group to acquire Areva...
...BAT and Imperial Tobacco might also be interested but they would face heavy competition issues....
...In heavy volume, Prudential rose 4.2 per cent to 680p, close to its highest level since bid talks with rival Aviva were halted in March....
...Japan Tobacco, the world’s third-biggest tobacco company, has made a takeover approach for Gallaher, the UK group that owns the Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut brands....
...There was heavy trading in Gallaher. After the market closed Japan Tobacco, which has bid £11.40-a-share for the Benson & Hedges cigarette maker, revealed it had acquired 3.1m shares....
...It shares closed 4.9 per cent higher at 112p after another session of heavy trading. Over 30m shares changed hands on top of 23m on Tuesday....
...Jean-Francois Minier, head of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in Tokyo, said an overseas merger could ?make sense?, but would be difficult unless different countries?...
...Local volunteers have been hauling tanks of dirty flood water to the shelter to flush its filthy toilets but the smell of human waste lingers....
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