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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- State governments should continue to issue commercial driver licenses under old standards until the U.S. Department of Transportation gives them updated guidance, according o Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson, the No. 2 man at DOT.

I work for a large trucking company. Recently, we were asked to pick up a partial load in Texas and deliver it to Florida. This was on Friday.

Bush Orders More Oil to Stockpile • More Anthrax Letters Could Be In System • Moskow Sees Sluggish Growth Ahead • Morgan Group Reports 3Q Net Loss • And more...

The average price of diesel fuel fell 2.2 cents last week to $1.269, its lowest price since Nov. 15, 1999, when the price was $1.261, according to a Department of Energy report released Tuesday.

The blows that struck the United States in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks triggered a massive response by government, private companies and citizens, affecting most areas of public policy and private lives.

Trucks Get Surprise Inspection at Golden Gate Bridge • Russia to Make Small Oil Production Cut • Insurance Rates Rise in Wake of Attacks • MAN CEO Expects Truck Makers to Cut More Jobs • And more...

Amtrak must develop a plan for its own liquidation after a 6-5 finding by the Amtrak Reform Council Friday that the passenger railroad has no chance of meeting a congressional deadline for self-sufficiency, news services reported.

Wholesale prices declined 1.6% in October, the largest one-month drop since record-keeping began in 1947, according to a Labor Department report released on Friday..

Exide Technologies, the world’s largest maker of vehicle batteries, reported a net loss for the fiscal 2002 second quarter and said that it would cut 20% of its salaried staff and suspend its quarterly dividend.

In 1951, David G. McCorkle began hauling silage for $20 a day. Because he drove a truck with a 15-foot bed when most other trucks had only 12-foot beds, he figured the extra capacity should be worth a bit more. So he asked the shipper for $21.75 a day.