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U.S. industrial production rose 0.2% in November, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

Atlas World Group said late Thursday it promoted Jim Stamm to succeed Mike Shaffer as chief executive officer of Atlas’ transportation and relocation services corporation, effective Jan. 1.

Navistar International Corp. Friday reported higher truck shipments for its fiscal year ended Oct. 31 and said it would challenge its delisting from the New York Stock Exchange set to take place next week.

U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in November following a 0.5% dip in October, the Labor Department said Friday.

Freightliner LLC said late Thursday it completed a three-year field test of electronically controlled braking systems and other safety technologies with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule requiring onboard diagnostic systems on heavy-duty trucks starting in 2010.

German truck maker MAN AG sees some synergies from the purchase it wants to make of Sweden’s Scania AB, but a counter-offer for Scania to buy MAN is “unthinkable,” Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing European press reports.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. f American Trucking Associations is so big on safety, why doesn’t it go after everyone — cars, trucks, pickup trucks and foreign cars. Make everyone do no more than 68 mph and this country would cut back on all accidents.

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.2% in November after falling more than 2% in the previous two months, the Labor Department said Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell by 20,000 last week to 304,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.