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U.S. payrolls rose jumped by 132,000 in November but the unemployment rate inched up to 4.5% from 4.4%, the Labor Department said Friday.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services said that the truckload company’s founder, Johnnie Bryan Hunt Sr., died Thursday at the age of 79.

The eight-week strike against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has caused some truck makers to switch brands, but has caused little dislocation and no delays for customers, according to truck and trailer manufacturers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nforcement against on-the-job truckers who violate Ohio’s new smoking ban that took effect Thursday morning is expected to be lax, but trucking industry officials said the law should be changed to exempt drivers, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $3.6 million or 34 cents a share, up from $3.2 million or 27 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>State trucking executives said they were hopeful American Trucking Associations would soon change the eligibility rules governing the annual National Truck Driving Championships to once again allow all state champions to compete.

Transportation and procurement services company Ameriquest Transportation and Logistics Resources Corp. and NationaLease Purchasing Corp. said late Wednesday they completed their merger.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell by 34,000 last week to 324,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Fenway Partners, a majority owner of third-party logistics firm Greatwide Logistics Services, said Wednesday it will sell a “substantial portion” of its holdings in Greatwide to two firms for $730 million.

WASHINGTON — A three-judge federal appeals court panel heard arguments Monday from attorneys representing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and a pair of groups challenging the agency’s revisions to truck driver hours-of-service rules.