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LAS VEGAS — G. Clifton Parker took over as new chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association, which adjourned its annual meeting here Wednesday morning after two administration officials canceled closing appearances.

The U.S. economy showed some signs of improvement in January and early February, the Federal Reserve said in a report released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say that information the trade community routinely compiles is indispensable in preventing terrorists from slipping bombs, weapons or other material on shipping containers, but trucking representatives want assurances that the information voluntarily supplied to the government will not be misused.

A measure of the U.S. services sector jumped sharply in February, recovering from a slight dip in the previous month, a leading economic research group said Tuesday..

Even as the trucking industry struggles to climb out of a freight slump that took hold well before the recession hit the other sectors of the economy, a new danger threatens to hurt truck suppliers and buyers for years to come.

FedEx Express Adds Flights From Germany to U.S. • Justice, FTC Split Up Merger Authority • Bush Agrees to Raise Steel Tariffs • Missouri's First Biodiesel Pump Opens at Gas Station • And more...

LAS VEGAS — The Truckload Carriers Association took a step toward rapprochement with American Trucking Associations Sunday afternoon when the group’s board of directors voted unanimously to create a joint task force to draft an affiliation agreement.

The Technology and Maintenance Council has begun to broaden its standards setting and training to take into account the increasingly complex role of maintenance managers in the trucking industry, according to the council’s next chairman, Duke Drinkard.

BNSF to Run Oakland Terminal; Reduce I-80 Truck Runs• Senators Push Labor on Ergonomics Data • FedEx Asks for Variance on Flight Rules • Bush Mulling Increase in Steel Tariff • And more...