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Wireless Companies Delay U.S. Debuts; UPS to Use Microsoft 'Smart Tags'; Popularity of Wireless Text Messaging Increases; and more...

Airborne Inc., the parent company of package shipper Airborne Express, said Friday that it will lay off 640 workers, or 2.5% of its workforce, because business has dropped off and the company sees no indication of an economic turnaround.

Walter B. McCormick Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, said Friday that he is leaving his post to become the president of the United States Telecom Association.

In two key economic reports Friday, the U.S. Labor Department said the number of factory-sector jobs plummeted by 124,000, while the National Association of Purchasing Management said its main factory activity gauge shrank again.

Cummins, a leading producer of commercial diesel engines, said Friday it will reduce its workforce by at least 500 by the end of the year and terminate the development of a new engine platform.

Major Companies Announce Job Cuts; Truckers More Likely to Suffer From Heart Disease; OPEC Not Expected to Increase Production; Roadway Warns 2Q Profit to Fall 60%; and more...

LONDON - To drive a big rig in the days of yore you had to be able to handle the monster steering wheel that came as standard issue.

A state circuit court wants to weigh the arguments in American Trucking Associations’ lawsuit against Oregon’s weight-distance tax, and has denied both parties’ motions for summary judgment.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee, wants to give truck owners a small break by distributing some of the costs of the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax to the buyers.