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The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday its factory index for May rose to 62.8 from 62.4..

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. said outside counsel will investigate stock purchases by Chief Executive Jerry Moyes days before the company raised its second-quarter profit forecast, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Report: GM Discuss Sale of Engine Business to Caterpillar • County Begins Creating Nation’s Largest Fleet of Hybrid Buse.

Mystic Tank Lines Corp. said Tuesday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection..

American consumers reported feeling worse about the current state of the economy in May, a report by the University of Michigan said Friday.

American Trucking Associations’ monthly truck tonnage index rose 2.2% to a record high in April, the group said Thursday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it planned to restrict access to some data in its SafeStat system in response to a report the Department of Transportation’s internal watchdog published earlier this year.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the trucking industry have long shared a critical goal — reducing the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks. Together, we have made remarkable progress, with the fatality rate decreasing from 6.2 per 100 million miles of truck travel in 1979 to 2.2 mileage-adjusted fatalities in 2003.

Chicago-Area Factory Index Rises in May • Yellow Roadway Has Extra Capacity, Zollars Says • Intermodal Rail Traffic Sets New Record, AAR Says • U.S. Personal Spending, Income Both Rise in April • And more ...