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Business outsourcing and information technology provider Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said March 3 it would retain the chief executive officer and president of its newly acquired subsidiary Truckload Management Services Inc.

Overnite Enhances Service From Midwest Centers • OPEC President Says Cartel Will Not Revise Output Cut • Riot Police Called to Canadian National Picket Line • International, U.S. Army Unveil New Vehicles • And more...

PrePass Says It Has Enrolled 250,000 Trucks • Researchers Designs Sensors to Monitor Bridge Performance • Sirius, XM Begin Broadcasting Local Traffic Information • Siemens Join Talks on German Truck Toll System

The Labor Department said Friday payrolls in February grew by 21,000, but unemployment rate held steady at 5.6% as more job-seekers left the work force.

A draft of a General Accounting Office study obtained by the Associated Press late Thursday said the Environmental Protection Agency should consider creating an independent panel to assess possible "financial incentives" for the trucking industry..

The Department of 91ÊÓƵland Security said Thursday it delayed new security rules for most cargo shippers because the government must adapt its computer software..

Crude Oil Closes Above $37 a Barrel in N.Y. • Some Shippers Turn to Trucks as CN's Strike Continues • FedEx Express, Pilots Begin Contract Talks • Rail Intermodal Loadings Up 6.6% in February • And more...

Automated truck transmissions — a compromise between classic manuals and the automatics found mainly in cars — are gaining in popularity because of recent production improvements and their appeal among less-experienced drivers, said fleet managers and manufacturing executives.

Orders placed with factories fell 0.5% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday, but orders excluding transportation equipment rose 1.4%.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. find it very disturbing that shippers, our customers, keep looking toward trucking for their “cost savings..