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he U.S. average pump price for diesel fuel fell 3.8 cents in the past week, to 148.0 cents per gallon as of Feb. 19, the Energy Department reported Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a truck driver pilot program from the Truckload Carriers Association that would put 18- to 21-year-olds behind the wheel.

Microsoft Sells Its System to Some Phone Makers; United Air Launches High-Tech Cargo Terminal; AT&T, Digital Link Sensor Technology With Web Use; NHL Uses Wireless to Assist to Meet Ticket Goals.

Trucking is already in recession because its main customer, manufacturing, is in recession, say analysts — some of whom see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.

There are reasons to be cautiously optimistic that, for the trucking industry, the worst of the current economic downturn may be behind us. For the less optimistic, it appears that at a minimum, things aren’t likely to get much worse before they get better.

Navistar Shareholders Say Dump Poison Pill; West Texas Communities Want Truck Route; American Air Raising Cargo Rates April 1; ATA Forms Research Institute; and more...

The New York Stock Exchange announced on Friday that it was suspending trading in American Depositary Receipts of Mexican truck manufacturer Consorcio G. Grupo Dino.

After a 20% drop in January sales of its commercial trucks in North America, Volvo AB said it plans to cut another 400 jobs from its North American truck operations and reduce production again.

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In the news today: I-95 Lane In Fla. to Be Closed for Big Race; Sysco to Acquire HRI of Canada; Navistar Loses 58 Cents/Shr; Producer Prices Jump; 91ÊÓƵ Starts Rise; and more...