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Representatives of car haulers and the Teamsters union exchanged contract proposals Feb. 5, kicking off negotiations on terms of a new National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement.

In the aftermath of AB Volvo’s agreement to sell its car division to Ford Motor Co., a semantic argument has erupted over a rival $13 billion bid for all of Volvo by Italian car and truckmaker Fiat.

The owners of a Lamar company and two employees have been sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to commit fraud.

The chairman and vice chairman of the Kansas House Transportation Committee have drafted their own transportation plan.

The proposed DOT budget for the next fiscal year calls for more highway spending but allocates most of a $1.5 billion windfall in motor fuel tax revenue to non-road spending.

TT PhotoThe congressional debate over motor carrier safety is heating up, with the announcement Wednesday for a series of hearings on the subject. Ground Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri (R-Wis.) (pictured) said the hearings "will take a comprehensive and hard look at motor carrier safety."

Legislation to limit the Highway Commission’s authority to place toll booths on Interstates failed in committee.

Qualcomm Inc. announced it is cutting 700 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, in response to slow sales and increased competition.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries announced a global alliance.

File PhotoFedEx pilots approved their first contract with the cargo airline on Thursday, 2 1/2 months after backing down from a threatened strike.