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Qualcomm Says FleetAdvisor Can Help Manage Hours of Service • Menlo Wins Contract From Integrated Device Technology • Sirius Narrows 3Q Loss; Revenues Surge

Manufacturing in the Chicago-area expanded in October for the sixth straight month, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Friday..

SAN ANTONIO — Motor carriers that have seen liability insurance rates spike to unprecedented levels in recent years are now facing a similar scenario concerning workers’ compensation insurance, trucking and ATA officials said at the Management Conference & Exhibition here.

SAN ANTONIO — Event-data recorders for commercial vehicles will become reality, and the trucking industry should come forward now to shape how they are designed and used before the federal government does, government safety officials said last week..

Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in October • Overnite IPO Priced at $19 Per Share • Personal Spending Declines in September • USF Reports Higher 3Q Profts • And more...

UPS Expects Higher Profits in 2004 • Fleet Sentiment Survey Finds Strong Demand for Trailers • Initial Jobless Claims Continue Falling • Old Dominion’s Profits Rise • And more...

The U.S. economy expanded at a 7.2% annual rate in the third quarter, the fastest in almost two decades, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

MARLINTON, W.Va. - Fred Burns Jr. managed to keep his trucking company afloat through devastating floods in 1985 and 1996, but now he is trying to protect the industry he leads from what he believes is an even greater threat — soaring insurance rates propelled by a rising tide of what many consider frivolous lawsuits.

SAN ANTONIO — American Trucking Associations’ board of directors decided to reconstitute its intermodal conference in an effort to tap the membership potential of an industry sector that is expected to quadruple within 20 years.