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The huge digital finger on Yellow Corp.’s annual report to shareholders makes a perfect point about the state of trucking in 1999: It was the year of the Internet.

Congress is considering giving railroads a tax break, but the industry doesn’t like the way it is being accomplished.

In the news this morning: Oil prices holding after recent drop; NAPM reports factory sector sluggish during second quarter; Allied Holdings will realign its subsidiaries; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Peterbilt layoffs hit management positions at Tennessee plant; diesel prices continue to fall in most of the nation; OPEC president to urge member countries to stick with production quotas; and more.

The Department of Transportation and its divisions are doing a poor job meeting deadlines for new rules and taking years to complete the rulemaking process, said Democratic Rep. James Oberstar.

The AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department is raising a warning flag on the Department of Transportation’s proposal to use electronic on-board data recorders to track hours-of-service compliance.

TCT Logistics bolstered its less-than-truckload operations in Canada with the purchase of Daily Motor Freight of Mississauga, Ontario, for cash and stock valued at $7.2 million in Canadian currency.

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa will be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that kicks off in Los Angeles on Aug. 13, after he makes an appearance at this week's Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

In the news this morning: OPEC members say production will not increase; truck body maker Supreme Industries says earnings fall short of expectations; Western Star shuts down South Carolina plant for three weeks amid sales slump.