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The Conference Board said Monday its index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3% in March after no change the month before..

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If onboard recorders for monitoring driver hours electronically are the wave of the future, Quality Carriers appears to be embracing the technology with open arms.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that 474 counties in 31 states are failing to meet federal air quality standards, which could bring stricter emissions controls for motor vehicles and industrial sources.

The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments this week reviewing a lower court decision requiring the government to conduct an environmental impact review before allowing Mexican trucks to deliver goods throughout the United States.

Industrial production in the United States decline 0.2% in March, according to a report by the Federal Reserve released Friday.

Reports on consumer confidence and new home construction offered diverging views of the U.S. economy Friday as the University of Michigan said in a survey consumer sentiment had declined, while the federal government reported housing starts had spiked.

In 1978, Al Jubitz founded DAT Services at his network of truck stops, based on his notion of Dial-A-Truck. Jubitz would call other truck stops and have them place notes that carriers could answer, said Don Thornton, a vice president of TransCore Inc. — the owner of DAT since 2001.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hat’s going on these days in fuel prices might be worthy of dark humor, but it is hurting wallets and corporate profits, and unless we are lucky it may threaten what is otherwise a nice recovery in trucking and the general economy.