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Transportation.com Keeps Its Feet on the Ground; Hewlett-Packard Unit to Focus on Wireless, Internet; Technology Briefing: Verizon Bid Raises Questions; Lucent Chief Promises Big Changes, Comeback; Wireless: a Little Government Meddling May Not Hurt.

General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will idle 14 North American vehicle assembly plants at times through June, in a sharp production cutback affecting nearly half its 29 plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Environmental groups and industry representatives met last week and urged the Bush administration not to change the low-sulfur rule for diesel fuel, according to Frank O’Donnell, executive director of the Clean Air Trust.

Douglas G. Duncan, the president of FedEx Corp.’s newest and most truck-heavy division, is no longer spending his time organizing less-than-truckload shipments as he once did. Now he’s focusing on the dynamics of whole companies.

Schneider Offers Expedited Service; American Air Attendants Vote Strike Authority; Snow, Huge Wrecks Hit Virginia; Joliet Gets Truck Detour After US 30 Bridge Hit; Economy: Analysts Dismiss Hopeful Sign; and more...

A bad inflation report, new evidence of shrinking export and import activity, a falling stock market and declining consumer sentiment add up to a new round of worries for the U.S. economy.

Verizon Finishes $170 Million Phase in Florida Expansion; Motorola Cuts 300 More Jobs in Cell Phone Unit; Philips Says May Miss 20 Million Handset Sales Goal; Court Won't Review Limit on Cable Ownership.