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Arkansas Best Corp. swung to a third-quarter profit from loss a year ago on improved pricing, the company said Friday.

Consumer personal spending climbed 0.6% in September, the Commerce Department said Friday.

CRST International said it named Jim Schommer president of its CRST Malone flatbed unit.

Iteris Inc., a provider of traffic management technology, said its fiscal second-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year ago.

There is no question that the trucking industry in the past decade has made substantial progress in its embrace and use of technology to achieve best practices for every vital function and process from fleet management, dispatch and accounting to sophisticated tracking, business intelligence and almost any task you can name.

I’m writing in response to the Oct. 3 article about the “new” Volvo drivetrain package: “Volvo Offers New Powertrain Package for VN Trucks.”

The most recent bits of news about business conditions and the economy suggest that, while we can’t be sure we’re out of the woods yet, the most dire predictions of a double-dip recession a couple of months ago apparently were too pessimistic.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not meet Friday’s court settlement deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule.

Transplace Inc. has merged with intermodal marketing company Celtic International Inc. to create a $1 billion North American logistics provider.