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An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector improved in August, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims dropped by 12,000 to 365,000 in the week ended Sept. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds are required to carry snow chains while driving on Interstate 70 between Dotsero, Colo., and Morrison, Colo., according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

The Drivers Dreams program is seeking submissions from truck drivers for wishes the newly created program can make come true.

UPS Inc. said its planned $6.5 billion purchase of Netherlands-based TNT Express will be completed in the first quarter of 2013, to allow European Union regulators additional time to review the deal.

ABF Freight System said it will appeal an unfavorable decision in its lawsuit against YRC Worldwide and the Teamsters Union over contract issues.

Trucking companies once were happy if an asset-tracking system could simply identify a truck’s location on a map.

U.S. workers’ second-quarter productivity rose at a faster pace than originally reported, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Jones Motor Group has formed a new division in its logistics company that will act independently to expand multimodal and brokerage operations.

FedEx Corp. lowered its earnings forecast for its recently ended fiscal first quarter, saying that weakness in the global economy constrained its revenue growth.