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When I first pondered the fact that the American Trucking Associations was promoting a National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, I was against it. It seemed insulting to devote only one week per year to the very backbone of this great nation’s economy and creature comforts.

The sharp recent spike in the prices of diesel fuel and gasoline has in the space of just a month reached alarming levels.

Ford to Lay Off Workers at Ohio Plant; Compaq, HP Announce Merger; Bush Puts Economy on Top of ‘To Do’ List; Mexico’s Fox to Visit the U.S.; and more...

Leading economic reports released Friday, as well as a University of Michigan study of consumer sentiment, all showed that the U.S. economy has yet to pull out of its slowdown.

Handspring Giving Away VisorPhone; FedEx Imaging Systems to Boost Access to Shipping Information; Talk n' Toss Phones Filling Niche Market; and more ...

The makers of Class 8 heavy trucks sustained losses nearly across the board in July, countering modest improvements some had posted in June, according to figures released by Ward’s Communications.

Cracks are appearing in several of Oregon’s bridges, many of which are more than a half-century old, leading to varying degrees of weight restrictions on their use and problems for some truckers.

IMF Warns of a Global Recesssion; Celadon Announces Losses for 4Q, Fiscal Year; Venezuelan Truckers Disrupt Gasoline Supplies; EPA Asked to Mandate Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel; and more...

LONDON — More than 350,000 screaming fans recently packed into an arena in the woods of Germany to watch 100-mile-per-hour big rigs battle it out to see who was the fastest trucker around.

Silicon Valley 91ÊÓƵ to Infamous Dead Zone; IBM Debuts High-Tech Car; Two Gasoline Giants Unveil Truck Stop Locator; and more ...