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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. or months we've been warning about the potential economic consequences to the nation's economy if the new federal diesel pollution standards aren't delayed long enough for the new generation of engines to be fully tested by fleets.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Are we, the trucking industry, absolutely sure we want to get involved in a "terrorist tipster" program like the one proposed by the Bush administration? On the surface, it seems like the right thing to do. However, looking beyond our patriotism and emotions, would the industry open itself up to a type of involuntary tracking system?

Alaska's Glen Day, who has logged more than 30 years of accident-free driving, often on some of the nation's most scenic yet treacherous roads, said he did nothing special before winning a state title in his first try.

U.S. Economy Seen Limping to Fed Meeting Tuesday • Navistar Warns Workers of Possible Layoffs • DHL Airways Chairman Dies • Longshoremen Accuse Administration of Management Bias • And more...

Sensors in San Francisco Raise Privacy Concerns • Manufacturer Finds Cell Phones Drain E-ZPass Tags • Xata Announces 3Q Results • Verizon Offers Land, Wireless, Internet Service Package • And more...

The government's refusal to extend the deadline for requiring cleaner-running diesel truck engines hit the truck manufacturing industry hard last week, as two major fleets said they would cut new truck purchases sharply and a large engine maker warned it would lay off production workers.

William D. Zollars, chairman and president of Yellow Corp., told financial news channel CNBC, Friday that, after improvements in tonnage and freight shipments during the second quarter, business has "flattened in the last six weeks."

The productivity of U.S. workers rose at an annual pace of 1.1% in the second quarter, the Labor Department reported Friday.

FMCSA OKs Use of Performance-Based Brake Testers • Dana to Sell Engine-Parts Business • US Airways Pilots Trade Pay Cut for Stake in Company • Fed Likely to Hold Rates, Reports Say • And more...

ARLINGTON, Va. — An initial refinery test showed the ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel that federal rules will require in four years will not be drastically contaminated in oil pipelines as some had feared.