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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ince the less-than-truckload industry was deregulated in 1980, it has undergone many changes that are only now starting to crystallize. The early years saw the LTL business segment into long-haul and regional carriers and unionized vs. nonunion labor. As time proceeds, though, these old distinctions are less important.

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Industrial production rose 0.7% in October, the most in three month, and the proportion of industrial capacity in use also increased, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expects to release by year’s end a proposed rule that would start the formal process to shorten the required stopping distances for heavy-duty trucks, an agency spokeswoman said.

Consumer prices in the United States rose 0.6% in October, the largest gain since May, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

The Transportation Security Administration said Nov. 10 that the fee for fingerprint-based background checks for drivers hauling hazardous materials would be about $100 per person, and that implementing the program could lead as many as 20% of existing commercial driver license hazmat endorsement holders to forgo seeking permission to carry dangerous goods.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. think that more of them need to offer home-cooked meals instead of just a Burger King or Subway sandwich. I’m not saying those two restaurants aren’t good, but when you’re out on the road a person needs good, healthy food, not just a burger and fries or some other sandwich.

Led by a surge in energy and food costs, the producer price index rose 1.7% in October, the Labor Department said Tuesday.