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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he five-month-old hazardous materials truck driver background check implemented by the Transportation Security Administration is hurting trucking by imposing higher operating costs and deterring drivers from obtaining hazmat endorsements, a trucking executive testified before Congress Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. anufacturing growth in the Chicago rose in October for a second straight month, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. innesota officials have suspended the state’s month-old law requiring diesel fuel to be blended with biodiesel after workers at blending terminals found that some fuel didn't meet quality standards, the Associated Press reported.

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Netherlands-based logistics firm TNT NV, Europe’s second-largest package delivery company, said its third-quarter profit rose 0.7%, helped by increased demand, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. anada’s economy expanded a more-than-expected 0.5% in August, led by gains at factories, wholesalers and oil and gas production, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Software packages that help carriers boost productivity and improve profits are gaining importance for trucking companies, even though their benefits are often hard to measure, officials of American Trucking Associations’ National Accounting & Finance Council told Transport Topics last week.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ersonal spending rose 0.5% in September, while incomes rose 1.7%, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he California Air Resources Board adopted a truck engine-idling regulation that requires drivers resting in a truck’s cab to shut off their engines after five minutes of idling.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AS VEGAS — Mack Trucks introduced a new 11-liter engine, as well as new and updated truck models designed around that engine.