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General Motors Corp. plans to cut truck production, lay off salaried workers, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion to $3 billion as it struggles to stay afloat, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Retail sales improved 0.1% in June, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Despite fuel prices zooming toward the outer edge of our galaxy, ours is a nation of crowded highways and busy people who don’t like trucks getting in their way.

President Bush Monday lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling, but the move still needs congressional action to take effect.

Less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide said it named Phil Gaines president of its Yellow Transportation unit, and Ken Bowman senior vice president of finance.

It is disappointing to see that the 21st Century Truck Partnership is foundering, the victim of insufficient funding and questionable research priorities, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.

YRC Worldwide will begin testing hybrid trucks this year as part of a corporate commitment to sustainability and said it will save as much as $40 million annually by streamlining its service network to speed up transit times.

Dockworkers at West Coast ports are staging slowdowns by coordinating their break times, as the union representing them continues to negotiate a contract after the previous one expired July 1, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Thousands of used trailers are sitting unsold and gathering dust, as freight demand remains tepid and carriers that would typically up-grade their fleets are postponing purchases, spending their money on fuel instead, according to industry experts.