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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he heads of five major oil companies defended the petroleum industry's huge profits at a Senate hearing Wednesday where lawmakers said oil firms should explain prices and assure consumers they are not being gouged at the pump, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ashington state voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have overturned a gasoline-tax increase intended to finance $8.5 billion in transportation projects, Reuters reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. railer Bridge Inc., a provider of integrated trucking, intermodal and marine freight services, reported third-quarter income Wednesday of $1.6 million or 13 cents a share, compared with $655,000 or 6 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egmentz Inc. Wednesday reported it lost $551,000 or 2 cents a share in the third quarter, compared with a $289,000 loss or 1 cent a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in September, the biggest gain in more than a year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ogistics firm Stonepath Group on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $180,000 or zero cents a share, compared with net income of $55,000 or zero cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. xecutives with some of the nation’s largest carriers said they were having some success preventing driver fatigue by having open discussions with their drivers and incorporating new software.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nternational Truck and Engine Corp. gave an industry briefing Tuesday at which it said it was conducting the largest field test in its history to help achieve looming 2007 emissions standards.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A California Trucking Association official said the group would go to court to challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s revised drivers’ hours-of-service rules, despite missing a legal deadline.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. oters in several states Tuesday approved more than $5 billion of bonds for transportation projects and economic development, Bloomberg reported.