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People with large incomes usually do not want to settle for small packages. They want big screen televisions, elaborate home office systems, complicated exercise machines and sprawling furniture.

Many truck drivers with insulin-dependent diabetes could safely operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce, according to a panel of physicians who are experts in the treatment of condition.

Freightliner Corp. has introduced its new, conventional Class 8 truck, Coronado, in hopes of attracting a bigger share of the owner-operator market.

Thirty-three fewer people died in accidents involving large trucks in 1999 than in 1998, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, news the trucking industry hailed as a testament to its safety efforts.

Investment analysts say labor relations issues with the Teamsters union were a significant factor in the FedEx deal to buy American Freightways and operate it with Viking Freight as a nationwide less-than-truckload carrier.

John N. Raudabaugh is more agitated than usual.

Overnite Transportation Co. has won a court victory in its long-running battle with the Teamsters.

One state succeeded where federal lawmakers failed, as South Dakota’s voters approved 4-to-1 a constitutional amendment to repeal their state’s tax on inheritances.

Trucking’s earnings have returned to more normal levels this quarter after the approach of Y2K and fears of an electronic shutdown last fall led to panic-buying of trucking capacity by shippers worried about hoarding consumers and to spikes in carrier revenue.