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United Parcel Service and the U.S. Postal Service are hard at work trying to shape the future of postal delivery in the United States.

Xata Corp. sold its Enterprise Technologies operation in Peoria, Ill., to Mobile Security Communications of Roswell, Ga., for an undisclosed amount.

An agreement between two wireless communications organizations is expected to effort their 225 million customers by providing them with global coverage.

Union officials praised Union Pacific Railroad executives Wednesday for their efforts to improve safety for the Omaha-based railroad's employees.

TT File PhotoA congressional panel Tuesday heard pleas to improve truck safety by reducing drivers' hours, increasing their required sleep and expanding inspections of big rigs. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA.) contends the Motor Carrier and Highway Safety business unit is too cozy with the trucking industry.

The fuel use taxes collected on toll roads in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York amount to illegal double taxation of truckers, according to the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association.

A woman has pleaded guilty in a federal court to a charge arising from a scheme to take truckers’ money for performing drug testing services without ever having a doctor review the results.

Montana’s motorists will be bound by a numerical speed limit, but the laws for truckers will be held in place by their own request.

ANR Advance Transportation Co. of Milwaukee announced the sale of ConEx, its flatbed truckload division, to an undisclosed investor group.

TT File PhotoBuoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998. The Atlanta-based parcel carrier earned $1.7 billion on revenue of $24.8 billion, compared with net income of $909 million on revenue in 1997.