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Two Truck Drivers Fined in Georgia Crash • Philly Fed President Sees Interest Rate Hike • Postal Service Rate Increases Approved • Yellow Says It will Meet 1Q Estimates • And more...

Freight forwarder Hub Group Inc. said late Tuesday that its profit from 1999 and 2000 was $3.3 million less than initially reported because of accounting errors at its subsidiary, Hub Group Distribution Services.

The general economic index reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia slipped from 16 in February to 11.4 in March, but both analysts and Fed officials remain confident that the manufacturing sector is breaking out of its slump.

While many trucking companies have worked at improving security around their facilities and equipment since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, most of the new precautions aren’t really new at all.

The consumer price index, or the measure of what U.S. consumers are spending on goods, rose 0.2% for the second straight month in February, a government report said. It was one of three reports released Thursday that offered a mixed, but generally positive, view of the economy.

BOSTON - Truckers who have been transporting cargo to and from Boston’s Logan International Airport under heightened security measures since the Sept. 11 attacks can expect new directives now that the federal Transportation Security Administration has assumed complete control of airport security.

Kenworth's New Truck Comes With Security Features • N.Y. Border to Add Agents • Maritime Security Bill Approved by House Committee • Senators Want to Arm Border Troops • And more...

Ford Halts Shipments After Defective Part Found • BNSF President, CEO Rose Becomes New Chairman • Tonnage Levels Down, Roadway Predicts 1Q Loss • USFreightways to Take $70M Charge • And more...

Labor leaders say Freightliner LLC executives tried to intimidate workers voting Wednesday on an invitation to join the United Auto Workers union, the Associated Press reported. The charge came as DaimlerChrysler officials were pronouncing the restructuring of the heavy truck unit to be on schedule.

The U.S. economic recovery appears to be giving just a moderate boost to some trucking operations, but it is not yet clear that overall trucking demand is growing again, industry executives and analysts told Transport Topics.