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Will the global supply chain continue to fuse and fortify? Or will the links be fractured — and business fortunes fractionalized — by shortsightedness.

E-Commerce May Target Logistics; Slowing Sales Could Curb New Wireless Products; Bird Deaths Could Limit Cell Tower Construction; AT&T Begins Marketing Broadband Ahead of Launch.

President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Michael P. Jackson, a former senior official at the American Trucking Associations, to be deputy secretary of transportation.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday that risks to the U.S. economy continue on the downside but that a rebound should emerge once businesses work through an inventory glut.

AmeriQuest Buys FleetXchange.com; U.S. Customs Import System to Shut Down Briefly Feb. 17; Expeditors Earns 47 Cents/Shr; Morgan Drive Away Gets President; US&T Cuts Loss in Latest Quarter; Dana Has Slight 4Q Operating Profit, Cuts Jobs; Economy: Retail Sales, Greenspan Up; Fla. East Coast Has Lower 4Q Gain; and more...

Decatur, Ga.-based Allied Holdings Inc., which boasts the largest North American trucking operation for vehicle deliveries but sees that business slumping, said Tuesday that its board has again elected Robert J. Rutland as chairman and chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15.

President Bush’s swift agreement to open the U.S.-Mexico border to international truck traffic shows his commitment to trade between North America’s most populous neighbors and to promises made along the campaign trail.

Investment Pours Into Latin America Wireless; Acquistions Broaden Product Lines; Tweaking Transmission Protocols; MAGIC to Develop Geo Standards

Ford Motor Co. and Navistar International Corp. announced Monday they are forming a joint venture that initially will build trucks and later will explore “opportunities” in diesel engines.

American Trucking Associations’ President Walter B. McCormick Jr. said Monday that trucking has an opportunity to “play offense” on key legislative issues – such as tax relief, truck size and weight, fuel and emissions regulations, ergonomics and drivers’ hours-of-service rules.