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American Trucking Associations Wednesday called on Congress to help the trucking industry to improve highway safety by supporting efforts to enhance drug and alcohol testing for the nation’s 3.4 million truck drivers.

Federal Reserve officials viewed the decision to cut the benchmark interest rate last month as a close call, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.

UPS Inc. said Wednesday it is moving its primary intra-Asia air hub to southern China, from the Philippines, to save money and reduce transit times across Asia.

The U.S. military, which is the country’s largest single consumer, is engaged in an aggressive plan of alternative fuels development and testing, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The Department of ���ϳԹ���land Security said it is awarding more than $844 million in grants to protect U.S. ports and infrastructure.

The article concerning increasingly complex diesel engines theoretically can be translated directly into increased revenue for dealership maintenance shops, but there are a lot of “ifs” and “buts” surrounding these statements.

The Department of ���ϳԹ���land Security has awarded a $15.5 million trucking security grant to an Alexandria, Va., firm, effectively ending American Trucking Associations’ four-year-long Highway Watch program.

Tire maker Bridgestone Corp. will take an 8.7% in Japan’s Toyo Tire, which will in turn purchase 0.5% of Bridgestone, the two said in a statement, Bloomberg reported.

A day after it announced it would fold its business operations, Jevic Transportation has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Bloomberg reported.

The head of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association said a plan backed by Gov. Ed Rendell (D) to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 75 years “does not meet the needs of the transportation community at large.”