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U.S. Xpress to Outfit Fleet with Aether’s MobileMax • FedEx to Use Fuel Cell Vehicles in Japan • N.J. Extends Most Suspended E-ZPass Enforcement Operations • Xata Reports Lower Sales in Fiscal 2002 •

The U.S. economy, driven by consumer spending, grew at a 4% between July and September, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The summer of 2002 saw the takedown of one of the oldest, most venerated trucking companies, an event that seemed to put an exclamation mark on a stormy year for the industry.

The new year broke with a long dawn for truck buyers who were only beginning to recognize that as of Oct. 1, original equipment manufacturers would be selling over-the-road power units equipped with new — and for the truckers, unknown and untried — diesel engines.

Lott Resigns as Senate Majority Leader • U.S. Postal Service to Hand-Sort Some Letters • Daimler Expects to Beat Sprinter Sales Goal • Ryder Forecasts Better 2003 • And more ...

The Conference Board said that its index of leading economic indicators rose 0.7% in November.

Transportation sector political action committees were major contributors to the 2002 congressional campaigns, doling out $13.5 million, according to an analysis of campaign spending by the Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and American Trucking Associations.

Navistar Closes Bond Sale • Mullen Acquires Two Oil Drilling Companies • Volvo Says Truck Deliveries Fell in November • Initial Jobless Claims Dropped by 11,000 Last Week •

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said that manufacturing activity in the mid-Atlantic region edged higher in December.