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News Briefs - Feb.15

Gas Prices Up for Sixth Week in Southern California Bridge Work to Close I-95 Lanes Ryder Declares 102nd Straight Quarterly Dividend New Penn to Replace A-P-A Transport And more...

February 15, 2002

Congress Mulls Expanding Road Construction Funding

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are scrambling to jack up highway spending for fiscal 2003, despite the Bush administrations reluctance to increase deficit spending during an economic downturn.

February 15, 2002

Three Economic Indicators Provide Positive Outlook

Drops in business inventories and jobless claims, along with a small rise in import prices, offered new evidence Thursday that the U.S. may be pulling out of recession, news services reported.

February 14, 2002

Opinion: Dont Let Border Protection Put the Brakes on Trade

President Bushs proposal to spend an extra $2.1 billion on border security as part of the homeland security budget brings with it a tremendous challenge: How to shield our country from external threats without choking off international trade.

February 14, 2002

Florida Seaports Struggling To Provide Truck Driver IDs

Florida's 14 deepwater ports are scrambling to conduct criminal background checks and issue identification badges to port workers and frequent customers, including truckers, one month after a state law requiring beefed-up security measures went into effect.

February 14, 2002

News Briefs - Feb. 14

Court Orders New Elections at Overnite Terminals Rail Intermodal Running 3.4% Behind 2001 Pace Net Loss Doubles for Cannon Express Fed's Guynn Sees Interest Rates Rising in 2002 And more...

February 14, 2002

Communication as a Key to Control

Mobile communication technology will one day incorporate onboard intelligence and "the ability to exercise direct control over the vehicle," said Mark Sands, vice president and division counsel for Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions.

February 13, 2002

Auto Sales Drop Erases 1.2% Retail Jump

Leaving out sales figures for automobiles, U.S. retail sales jumped 1.2%, the largest increase in nearly two years, a government report released Wednesday said.

February 13, 2002

Letter to the Editor: The Hours Bane

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor.Upon reading DOT Nearing Hours Ruling, I saw a sentence that causes many problems with the current hours-of-service rules.

February 13, 2002

News Briefs - Feb. 13

Laid-off Workers Remained Jobless Longer in 4Q 3,500 Western Star Trucks Recalled Hub Group Finds Accounting Problems at Unit NHTSA Rejects Call for Ford Explorer Probe And more...

February 13, 2002