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U.S. Ponders Extending Cargo Security Shield • Corning to Reopen Four Plants • Rail Intermodal Down 2.6% From Previous Year • Supreme Court Ends CF’s Bid to Block Suits • Bush, Greenspan Discuss Stimulus • And more...

The price of diesel fuel remained virtually static last week, according to a report released Monday by the Department of Energy.

Trucking won several major regulatory victories in 2001, beginning with the rollback of a mandatory worker protection program that would have cost the industry billions of dollars annually to implement.

U.S. Services Index Rises Again • EPA, Other Agencies Sued Over Fuel Use • FedEx Unit Forms Alliance With European Company • Daschle Calls for Modest Tax Cuts • And more...

The U.S. unemployment rate increased to 5.8% in December and payrolls declined by 124,000, the Labor Department said Friday.

A powerful storm that has been blamed for 10 deaths, thousands of traffic accidents and widespread disruption of business operations, including trucking, has begun to taper off in the South, news services reported.

The amount of money spent in the U.S. for construction projects rose 0.8% in November, marking the second straight month of increase, a government report said Thursday.

A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration policy, effective immediately, should make it easier for trucking companies to expunge nonpreventable accidents from their safety records and perhaps improve their safety ratings, according to regulators.

FMCSA to Enforce Placard Restrictions • Acid Truck Stolen in Los Angeles • Fuel Haulers Prepare for New DOT Regulations • Coast Guard Getting a Face Lift • And more...

Trucking matters like road congestion that were of primary concern as 2001 began were largely put aside by the issue of security immediately after the September terrorist attacks.