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As the winter solstice approaches, the sky darkens earlier and the lights at the FedEx Ground distribution hub here burn longer so that gifts adorned with impersonal bar codes can speed along cold conveyor belts toward their final destination at a rate of 540 feet per minute.

This Morning's Headlines: Volvo, Renault merger nod expected Monday; Freightliner workers approve contract; Fed's interest rate policy draws spotlight; and more.

This afternoon's headlines:Volvo-Renault merger gets U.S. antitrust approval; Shrempp says DaimlerChrysler commercial trucks strong; shareholders call off suit over AF/FedEx merger; and more.

Today's Technology Headlines: FedEx, UPS teach dot-coms ways to deliver gifts on time; AOL, Time Warner merger approval carries conditions; broadband wireless said to top $42 billion in 2005; and more.

This morning's headlines: Chao still eyed as Bush's pick to head DOT; GM resumes truck production in China; CPI, Industrial Output Show Economy Slowing and more to come.

California adopted diesel engine regulations for 2005 and 2006, effectively closing an unregulated gap and creating an environmental “law of the land” for truck makers.

In a twist of fate that finds the road riding the truck instead of the truck riding the road, three flatbed trucks carried sections of old Route 66 from Oklahoma to the nation’s capital.

The fabled Santa may drive a sleigh, but for South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, he’ll be hauling gifts in an 18-wheeler.

Today's technology headlines: Iridium satellite phone service is reborn; Panalpina offers new Web-based platform; high-profile lawyer takes on cell phone cancer suit; and more.

Carriers that do not participate in online distribution networks may be left on an island, unable to share in the benefits of electronic commerce, according to panelists at the Transport Topics Management Outlook Forum.