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Metrocall Cancels Bid for Merger; Report Shows Global Technology Gaps; Trucker McLane Rolls Out Wireless Vehicle System; and more...

I believe that Mr. James R. Giermanski’s opinion “The Mexicans are coming! The Mexicans are coming! . . . Not really!” is naïve, so far as California is concerned.

The signs of a faltering national economy are all around us, as more and more companies report plummeting earnings, the jobless rate rises and investment spending falls.

Economic indicators were mixed over the past two months, according to government reports, as both inventories and industrial production fell, and demand for goods remained sluggish.

President Bush will respond to public concerns by expanding the conservation portion of his energy strategy to be released later this week, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said.

Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates Tuesday; Cummins, International End Talks; Agere Systems Cutting Jobs; Emons’ Net Income Rises 143%; and more...

NEW YORK – A group of less-than-truckload executives said today that in spite of the poor economy and the expected resistance of shippers, they expect to ask for and receive freight rate increases in the fall.

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NEW YORK – Some of the largest names in trucking said this morning they will scrap their systems of purchasing Class 8 tractors in three-year cycles in favor in four- or five-year purchase regimes.

The rising use of lead logistics providers by shippers could increase the total demand for trucking services, according to a number of logistics executives. But, they also say, that could lead to the creation of castes of winners and losers within the industry.