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Rail Intermodal Volume Remains Strong, AAR Says • Comair Catches Up After Canceling 1,100 Flights • North Dakota Potato Growers Facing Shortage of Trucks • Former Fed Governor Says Rates Will Rise to 3.5% • And more...

Xata CFO Resigns to Join GeoLogic Solutions • Qualcomm Raises Guidance for Fiscal 1Q • EPA Study Finds Soot Levels Low • Washington State Proposes Adopting Calif. Emission Standards

A storm packing snow, sleet and freezing rain stranded hundreds of motorists on Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina early Monday and knocked out power to thousands of residents, news services reported.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Qualcomm Inc. officials said their new untethered trailer-tracking device had gotten a fast start in the marketplace, with 33,000 orders booked since August, 10,000 of those already shipped.

The California Air Resources Board voted Dec. 9 to require five engine manufacturers to upgrade emission reduction software in certain trucks that operate in the state by the end of April. The mandate replaces the voluntary plan instituted earlier this year.

The California Air Resources Board delayed action earlier this month on a request for a waiver from the federal Clean Air Act, a waiver that would allow the state to impose tougher emission rules..

Snow Storm Strikes Large Portion of Midwest • Allied Holdings Says AMEX Accepts Plan for Continued Listing • Jobless Claims Rise by 17,000 • New ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Sales Decline 12% in November • And more...

Orders for durable goods in the United States rose 1.6% in November on higher demand for aircraft and computers, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he past 12 months have been very good ones for trucking. Freight volumes have been high; fleets have been able to enforce rate increases because of tight capacity; and the on-again, off-again hours-of-service rules have fostered increased productivity for both drivers and equipment.

J.B. Hunt, the founder of truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., will retire as senior chairman and a member of the board of directors on Dec. 31, the company said.