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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 4 Jun 2009 (#413) When will we learn that forklifts aren't meant as lifting platforms for people. This week's news includes another incident where someone used a forklift-supported pallet as an elevated platform - with...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 28 May 2009 (#412) Isn't it amazing how quickly things fall off the radar? Not so long ago, you couldn't open a newspaper, watch TV or browse online without reading about rising fuel costs...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 21 May 2009 (#411) Spare a thought this week for those Forkliftaction.com members who go out of their way to help others. Each week, our Discussion Forums will see at least one post from...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 14 May 2009 (#410) There's another mixed bag of financial results this week, but the trend appears to be downward - for the time being anyway. In Europe, the USA and Asia, sales volumes are...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 7 May 2009 (#409) The last thing anyone needed now was a pandemic. If international trade was not threatened enough by the financial crisis, the latest Swine Flu disaster could be a major challenge...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 30 Apr 2009 (#408) A few stories this week pull attention away from the financial woes and towards a perennial issue - safety. Columnist Danny Maron highlights the need for hands-on training, while a couple...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 23 Apr 2009 (#407) The term "swings and roundabouts" could have been coined specifically for forklifts. When one part of the market is up, another slides. So it's interesting to read this week about...

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Inside the News - 16 Apr 2009 (#406) There are some encouraging signs this week, with one of the world's major players, Jungheinrich, reporting the second-best earnings in its corporate history for 2008. And while that performance represents...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 9 Apr 2009 (#405) Unfortunately, there's more gloomy news this week, with poor financial results, staff cut-backs and reports of record low sales in some regions. As we've said before, much of this reporting...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 2 Apr 2009 (#404) The global economic slowdown has claimed its first manufacturing scalp, with news that China's Wuxi Hu-Lift Equipment Co Ltd is about to be liquidated. It's interesting that the first victim...

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