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Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises Friday said it had appointed John Bowes as president of its Xpress Global Systems subsidiary.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Friday reported lower net income for the second quarter but said its sales reached a record level.

Navistar International Corp. said Friday it may lay off workers later this year at a heavy truck assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, “as the result of an anticipated market decline” next year.

U.S. payrolls rose by 113,000 in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.8% from 4.6% the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday.

New, stricter federal stopping distance rules on the horizon may push growth in the market for disc brakes but not enough to surpass drum brakes as the dominant equipment in the market.

U.S. factory orders rose for a second straight month in June, rising 1.2%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions Thursday reported a record $848,000 or 3 cents per share second-quarter profit, compared with a loss of $1.2 million or 5 cents a year ago.

The U.S. economy’s service sector growth declined in July, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Textile firm Avondale Mills Inc. has agreed to sell a plant and its trucking division, which will preserve about 200 jobs in Alabama and South Carolina, the Associated Press reported.

Oil companies, boosted by high crude and retail fuel prices, continued to turn record profits in the second quarter.