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A second straight year of losses will push Japanese vehicle maker Isuzu Motors to cut 9,700 jobs in Japan over the next three years, according to news reports.

Separate news reports this week said that a joint venture in the United States between truck and car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler AG and Caterpillar is near collapse, while the German company’s planned Asia truck venture with Hyundai Motor Co. will be delayed.

Supervalu to Close 30 Stores, Lay Off 2,250; Fires in Florida Making Driving Difficult; Congress Approves Tax Cut Bill; Kingsley Coach Gets Increased Credit; and more...

The Memorial Day holiday dawned to the highest U.S. diesel fuel prices in nearly four months, as an increase in every region combined to produce a national average price of $1.529 per gallon. That is 3.5 cents above the previous week.

Dana Corp. has entered into an agreement to be a supplier of standard equipment for Paccar trucks.

EchoStar Is Pursuing Hughes Bid Despite Losing Ally; Senate Confirms Bush Nominees to FTC and FCC; Service Provider Delivers E-Commerce Security; and more...

A series of economic reports released on Friday appear to show that while the economy has continued to struggle so far in 2001, there are signs it may pick up later in the year.

NEW ORLEANS — Trucking interests say they will invite groups critical of trucking safety to meetings of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and seek their input on safety enforcement issues.

Some truck cargo crossing U.S. land borders at Laredo, Texas, and Port Huron, Mich., will bypass secondary inspection lanes during a 60-day Customs Service experiment on automated processing beginning this month.

Congress Works to Wrap Up Tax Cut Bill; Cannon Says It Is Not Bankrupt; UPS Completes Fritz Purchase, Plans New Unit; Flooding Will Cut BNSF’s Earnings, BNSF Says; and more...