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As protesting truck drivers again disrupted the flow of cargo at the Port of Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, independent truckers in Virginia began a two-day boycott at the Hampton Roads port, one of the busiest cargo ports on the East Coast, news services reported.

Price of Crude Oil Remains Near $40 • Visteon, UAW Sign Seven-Year Accord • Boyd Bros. Profits Rise but Economic Concerns Remain • EGL Earns 13 Cents Per Share in 1Q • And more...

The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless benefits dropped by 25,000 to 315,000 last week, the fewest since October 2000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

An Arkansas trucking company could be liable for back taxes after Federal Tax Court ruled April 28 that the company could not deduct per diem payments to drivers based on mileage rather than days on the road without substantiation of actual expenses.

Despite a tentative agreement earlier in the week aimed at ending a dispute between independent truckers in California and the Port of Oakland, about 300 truckers are refusing to haul goods at the nation's fourth busiest port.

Price of Crude Oil Continues to Rise • DiStasio Adds Title of Chairman at USF • Quality Distribution Reports Profit in 1Q • Mullen Names President, Co-CEO • And more...

The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday its non-manufacturing index rose to a record 68.4 in April from 65.8 in March..

Border Patrol Official Named to Lead Agency • TSA Begins Rail 'Puffer' Test • DOE Urged to Drop Plan to Ship Waste in Washington State • Airports to Test New Security Measures for Workers

A typical Class 8 truck generates about 10 gallons of used oil at every oil change. Assuming 100,000 miles driven a year and oil changes every 25,000 miles, it does not take long for most fleets to build up a lot of spent lubricant.