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FARMINGTON, Pa. — The Trucking Association Executives Council named J. Richards “Rick” Todd its chairman for 2003 and gave the Bob Halladay award to William J. Canary, American Trucking Associations’ president and chief executive officer.

Brig. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody will take charge of the Army’s Military Traffic Management Command on Oct. 17 when the unit’s current commander, Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, retires from the service.

American Trucking Associations' report on the state of the insurance market — and a list of recommended solutions to the problem of spiraling premiums — added another voice to business’s outcry for meaningful tort reform, a remedy the insurance industry has been advocating for years.

Penn. Inspectors Takes Trucks, Drivers Off Roads • NHTSA Recalls 2,313 Volvo Trucks • Appointment System Seen Cutting Truck Idling • Crude Oil Near 8-Week Low as Bush Pledges 'Patience' • And more...

Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.3% to $281.86 billion in June, the first increase since May 2001, while sales at wholesalers rose twice as fast, the Commerce Department said Wednesday..

Early returns in Missouri indicate that voters have rejected a proposal that would have raised the state’s motor fuel taxes by 4 cents, the Springfield News-Leader reported Wednesday.

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said nearly 26,000 truck drivers could be disqualified every year under the agency’s new commercial driver license rules.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Last week brought sobering news about the economy's momentum, as well as new confirmation that the past year's economic growth was weaker than first reported.