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The trucking industry has always been a part of my life. My dad was a longhaul driver as far back as I can remember, and some of my earliest memories are of my mom taking my dad to go load his truck so he could make his runs.

FedEx Express said that it has completed expansion projects at its European hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and a warehouse at Guadalajara International Airport in Jalisco, Mexico.

U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Industrial production rose for a third straight month in September, gaining 0.7%, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

A story on TTNews.com Wednesday incorrectly stated that Canadian trucking firm Bruce R. Smith Ltd. was in “bankruptcy.”

I applaud Bill Graves, president of American Trucking Associations, for trying to get the Obama administration to make highway infrastructure rebuilding the No. 1 priority.

There was further evidence last week of the growing link between fuel prices and Wall Street, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 10,000 for the first time in a year, and the price of crude oil exceeded $75 a barrel for the first time since September 2008.

Transplace said it is broadening its focus on serving small and mid-sized businesses, which the company said could benefit from its logistics technology services.