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This afternoon's headlines: Investor says Navistar should sell or consolidate; CFI's Surfside will partner with Qualcomm on transportation software project; slow truck production blamed for ArvinMeritor's slow quarter; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Truck stops work to keep pace with latest communications technology; Internet makes for more agile supply chain; expanding wireless services present new marketing, advertising opportunities; and more.

A financial consultant for trucking companies said the recently passed congressional bill that repeals estate and gift taxes has advantages for the industry and is not a tax that benefits only the wealthy as the White House has charged.

Researchers are testing devices in truck cabs that monitor driver fatigue, aiming to eventually replace hours-of-service rules with a box that will allow truckers to drive until they are measurably tired.

A federal report says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration does not know how it will achieve Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater’s aim of cutting the number of truck-related deaths in half by 2009.

In the news this morning: Diesel prices drop but analysts say outlook is "clouded;" Airborne Freight earnings slide, looks to trucking for growth; Navistar stock jumps 11% after announcement of shareholders meeting; and more.

Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) said Monday that 96% of Emery Wordwide Airlines’ pilots have voted to authorize a strike to achieve their contract goals.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc. on Monday unveiled a new family of Class 8 work trucks that it said would be available through dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico in late September.

Today's technology headlines: Deutsche Telekom to buy U.S. wireless provider ViceStream for $50 billion; Weblink Wireless announces commercial availability of telemetry through its wireless systems; new wireless coalition raises the ire of electronics engineers group; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Aegon sells Transamerica Finance's container unit; Navistar will put engine group in its International subsidiary; truck-only lanes being studied in Southern California; and more.