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Shipping freight by air is both expensive and indispensable. These two facts illustrate why the airfreight industry is simultaneously expanding and contracting.

Technology for monitoring fatigue remains unproven and is not ready for widespread use in the trucking industry as a regulatory tool, according to an Australian study.

In the news this morning: National diesel average drops; U.S. expected to appeal Nafta ruling; Navistar reports lower Q4 earnings; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Coca-Cola signs deal to put customers in wireless directory; 'smart' technology offers a glimpse of trucking's future; a myriad of options for going wireless; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: U.S. economy slowed in October; heating oil prices rise 8%; ocean shippers to form Net-based network; and more.

FedEx Corp. Chairman Frederick W. Smith is a persistent suitor. It took him more than two years of courting the Garrison family - and a hefty premium price - to convince them to sell him American Freightways, the company they founded in 1982.

The Society of Automotive Engineers is hoping that discussions of vehicle safety and more general business transportation issues will broaden interest in the engineering association’s annual meeting here this week.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the four states bordering Mexico are telling truck drivers to be on the alert for deals that are too good to be true — deals that could include smuggling.

In the news this morning: Federal Reserve may change stance on economy, ease interest rates; Iraq resumes oil exports; U.S. govt. proposes incentives for domestic oil production; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Wireless Web's vast promises still unkept in U.S.; Nokia inks U.S. GPRS network deal with AT&T; and Nortel wins pact from AT&T Wireless for its next-generation wireless network.