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New Modem May Compete With DSL; Text Messaging Growing Among Cell Phone Users; City Finds Software Cuts Fleet Costs; and more...

The Los Angeles area has seen a spike during the past nine months in the number of trucking yards and warehouses victimized by armed robberies, a trend that could manifest itself nationwide, according to the head of a task force investigating the incidents.

The New York-based Conference Board said Thursday its Index of Leading Economic Indicators, a key gauge of future U.S. economic activity, rose 0.3% in June, the third increase in a row, and hinted that the economy may be poised for moderate growth by late summer.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving to close a regulatory loophole that has allowed some commercial truck drivers failing drug tests to find new driving jobs.

P.A.M. Earnings Increase by 1 Cent; Marten 2Q Earnings Decline; Overnite Net in 2Q Matches Previous; ArvinMeritor Earnings Down -- Warns on Future and more...

President Bush has announced that he will nominate Joseph M. Clapp -- the former chairman of Akron, Ohio-based Roadway Express Inc. -- to be the first permanent administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Mobile Messaging Growing; NTE Sees Good 2Q; Cities Get Cellphone Ban OK; and more...

Two economic reports released Wednesday are encouraging for the trucking industry, as the consumer price index slows its increase and housing construction continues to grow.

Despite a range of hurdles, six interest rate cuts, along with a tax cut and cheaper energy, should help the U.S. economy begin to rebound, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told a congressional panel Wednesday.

Knight Enjoys Earnings Increase; N.J. I-80 Westbound Faces Heavy Construction; House Committee Opens Refuge to Drilling; Earnings Give Little Hope to Trucking; and more...