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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. f trucking companies, owner-operators and shippers did not like the hours-of-service regulations that went into effect Jan. 4, they could hate what the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration comes up with following the decision in Public Citizen v. FMCSA.

In a flurry of second-quarter earnings reports, many less-than-truckload carriers reported higher profits as they hauled more freight and increased freight rates in an improved economy.

Crude oil futures fell from record highs Friday after Iraqi authorities took control of an embattled mosque in Najaf after a weeklong standoff between militants and government and U.S. troops, Bloomberg News reported.

As the deadline to replace the court-rejected hours-of-service rules for truck drivers drew nearer, various industry officials said they expected the government to ask the court to stay its decision so regulators would have time to develop another set of regulations.

The price of crude oil futures in New York rose above $48 a barrel for the first time in its 21-year history..

The Conference Board said Thursday its index of leading U.S. economic indicators fell 0.3% in July, the second straight monthly decline..

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks climbed 29.5% in July to their highest level in four years, as truck makers said both their highway and vocational markets remained strong despite the industry’s challenges of higher-priced fuel, finding enough drivers and dealing with a parts shortage..

For the first time in the current economic cycle, less-than-truckload carriers said finding qualified drivers was a growing concern as the expanding economy lured employees to other jobs and as low pay and increased security measures deterred people from entering the industry.

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