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Mullen Reports Better 3Q in 2003 • U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 386,000 • Volvo Says Net Income Doubled on Trucks and Lending • AAA Seeks Help From Trucking in Curbing Splash and Spray • And more ...

SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said Wednesday the Bush administration remained "very strongly opposed to any gas-tax hike."

The government has significantly softened earlier proposals for anti-terrorism rules covering cross-border food shipments, heading off what could have caused chaos for haulers of food and agricultural commodities, industry officials said last week.

The American Trucking Associations has provided a glimpse of the goings-on in San Antonio for this year's Management Conference and Exhibition.

With the deadline for implementing a federal rule closing in, the trucking industry last week still had gotten no official word on whether the Transportation Security Administration would extend its deadline for states to conduct fingerprint background checks of drivers certified to haul hazardous materials.

Senator Eyes Estate Tax Reduction • Transportation Companies Reflect Economic Growth, WSJ Says • Ryder System Earnings Up 11% in Quarter • C.H. Robinson Posts Increased 3Q Net Income • And More...

Trailer Bridge Accepted at C-TPAT Partner • Discovery of Box Cutters Prompts Search of Planes • Postal Workers to Sue Over Anthrax Drug, Paper Reports •

American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves, reflecting on his first nine months as head of the trucking federation, said business conditions are improving and he’s optimistic about the future of ATA and the industry.

Heartland Express Reports Nearly 31% Gain in Net Income • UPS Reports 28% Jump in Net Income • DaimlerChrysler Reports 3Q Loss • Paccar 3Q Earnings Rise on Steady Demand • And more ...

Being the trucking industry’s advocate in the halls of Congress, the offices of the federal government and the nation’s courts takes a big staff that must be managed and directed every day.