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House Panel Clears Phone Deregulation; Colorado Allows AT&T to Charge Connection Fee; @Track Communications Announces 2001 First Quarter Results; and more...

OTR Express said Wednesday that it will cease operations within 60 days because of adverse business conditions, including a difficult freight market, declining used truck values and high fuel and insurance costs.

ONDON — While truckers in the United States frequently are forbidden to use certain highway lanes, the British government wants to do just the opposite by giving trucks and buses lanes of their own, free of automobiles, during peak traffic periods.

Although lawmakers stopped short of mandating the sale of biodiesel in North Dakota, they recently enacted tax breaks intended to make biodiesel more attractive to buyers. In Minnesota, meanwhile, the alternative fuel made from vegetable oils, such as soybean oil, or animal fats continues to be something of a political football.

Exercising moderately five times a week is critical to improving the health of commercial truck drivers and extending their life span, according to Stanley Lowenthal, chief operating officer of Health Screenings Inc. in Louisville, Ky.

Waste Management Reports Earnings Jump; Lufthansa Pilots to Go on One-Day Strike; Economists See U.S. Averting Downturn; CN-WCTC Rail Merger Classified As 'Minor'; and more...

Virgin Mobile Close to U.S. Deal, Eyes Japan; Survey: Cell Phone Shoppers Are Hanging Up; Trucker McLane Rolls Out Dual-Mode Wireless Vehicle System; and more...

Rising prices for diesel fuel ripple through the economy by pushing up transportation costs for goods and by putting more trucking jobs at risk, the American Trucking Association’s chief economist said today in a televised interview on CNN.

Led by an increase in stockpiles of nondurable goods like chemicals and clothing, inventories on U.S. wholesalers' shelves inched higher in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Officials of Cummins Inc. said they would go to court if necessary to prevent any of their engine-making competitors from wiggling out of the terms of a 1998 pact to build cleaner diesel engines.