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Ford Motor Co. and Oracle Corp. will attempt to set up a $300 billion online automotive supply chain, which they say would be the world’s largest business-to business electronic network.

Trucking executives took a new look at driver shortages and the roles of technology in trucking at the American Trucking Associations Human Resources Forum in Alexandria, Va.

In the news this morning: Insurance Crime Bureau taps FBI deputy chief; Ontario truckers join fight against cargo theft; and Federal probe of Ill. CDL scandal expands to Gov. Ryan's aides.

Twenty-four years after launching its crusade to democritize one of the nation’s most autocratic and corrupt unions, Teamsters for a Democratic Union still faces a hostile union administration.

A growing list of communications companies are offering new land-based technologies as alternatives or complements to satellites for data or voice transmissions.

ZF Meritor, a joint venture between Michigan-based Meritor Automotive and the German firm ZF Friedrichshafen, will roll out an automated truck transmission that does not require a clutch pedal.

Compass Transportation and Falcon Transport, the flatbed and dry van divisions of Ohio-based Compass Enterprises, will merge their trucking operations Dec. 31, company officials said.

In the news this morning: Covenant Transport buys two shippers for $45 million; Yellow loses another top executive; and Fla. dealership owner eyes next step for Nextran.

This afternoon's headlines: Australian smuggling suspect may stay jailed until trial; Study shows traffic is getting worse; and S.C. officials offer way to build new port without more trucks.

United Parcel Service ended more than 90 years of private ownership last week with a record breaking initial public stock offering, raising $5.47 billion.