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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Following Sept. 11, in many respects we discovered the true strengths of our nation and its people. Among them is the American economy. If we didn’t know that before, we certainly do now. Today, it is still threatened by specter of terrorism. This reality has been most visible in the insurance market.

Spurred by an unexpected rise in sales at general merchandise and department stores, the Commerce Department said Tuesday that U.S. retail sales rose 1.2% in April, to $300.3 billion.

Teamsters to Vote on UPS Strike Authorization • EPA Investigating Possible Pre-Buying, Tribune Reports • FMCSA Toughens Safety Standards for New Carriers • Colorado Bill Sets Up Toll Roads • And more...

The American Trucking Associations and other North American trucking groups unveiled a plan Monday that mobilizes truck drivers to prevent terrorists from using trucks as weapons.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The Mexicans still aren’t coming. In a gesture of neighborly good will, President George W. Bush, not long after taking office, promised his friend and counterpart, Vicente Fox, president of Mexico, to get international trucking between the United States and Mexico going by the first of June, erasing a moratorium against Mexican truckers imposed unilaterally by the Clinton administration nearly seven years ago.

Three organizations provide electronic systems that enable trucks equipped with transponders to zip past ports of entry and weigh stations in 30 states without stopping, yet the service has been embraced by only a small portion of the nation’s interstate truckers.

Oregon Task Forces Says Bridges Need Immediate Work • Bush Signs Farm Bill • Oil Demand Will Pick Up, IEA Says • DaimlerChrysler Considering Purchase of Mitsubishi Truck Unit • And more...

The average price of diesel fuel made its largest move in three weeks, slipping 0.6 cent per gallon, but continued to hover around the $1.30 mark, a report by the Department of Energy said Monday.

Federal and state officials are not doing enough "to defend against the alarming threat posed by individuals who seek to fraudulently obtain" commercial driver licenses, said a new report by the Department of Transportation's inspector general.

The Labor Department's index of prices paid to U.S. producers slipped 0.2% in April, after a 1% increase in March, suggesting that inflation continues to pose no threat to the economy.