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Initial jobless claims fell last week by 37,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Corp. said it is purchasing natural gas trucks for its for-hire fleet.

Quazar Capital Corp. said its brokerage unit, Pioneer Transfer, has been acquired by RFX. Terms were not disclosed.

Trucking today faces one of the worst driver shortages ever, a situation experts say will only get worse, while at the same time, national unemployment recently topped 15%.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and three other congressmen have sent a letter to President Obama expressing “concern” over proposed changes to the federal hours-of-service rules governing truck drivers.

Oil fell more than $1 Wednesday to near $83 a barrel following a Department of Energy report that showed supplies rose last week, Bloomberg reported.

Durable goods orders declined 0.1% in August as demand for automobiles and parts dropped, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Rickey Oliver, a Mississippi-based truck driver for WalMart Transportation, was named American Trucking Associations’ 2011 National Truck Driver of the Year.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 18.1% in July from a year ago, the Department of Transportation reported.