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TT PhotoThe congressional debate over motor carrier safety is heating up, with the announcement Wednesday for a series of hearings on the subject. Ground Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri (R-Wis.) (pictured) said the hearings "will take a comprehensive and hard look at motor carrier safety."

Legislation to limit the Highway Commission’s authority to place toll booths on Interstates failed in committee.

Qualcomm Inc. announced it is cutting 700 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, in response to slow sales and increased competition.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries announced a global alliance.

File PhotoFedEx pilots approved their first contract with the cargo airline on Thursday, 2 1/2 months after backing down from a threatened strike.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee showed states exactly what they'd get if extra gas-tax money were sent to them instead being spent on other federal programs.

TT File PhotoAmericans would support a 1% tax increase to pay for smooth streets with no potholes, a new poll found. A report on infrastructure needs and environmental improvements indicated that 69% of the 800 people surveyed would be "very willing" to pay more in taxes for smoother roads.

Representatives from four ports have urged Congress to allot funds to help deepen and modify their facilities.

Detroit Diesel Corp. announced fourth quarter 1998 revenues of $563 million and record fourth quarter earnings of $10.3 million.

Bartlett Lifting Devices, a Chicago-based company, will become a division of Kalmar Industries USA, Ottawa, Kan., Kalmar announced last month.