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Truck manufacturers are reducing production and cutting their payrolls, even before final sales figures are in for 1999, the biggest year in history for the sale of Class 8 trucks.

Two new clean water rules are likely to have a significant effect on trucking companies’ bottom lines — one that may save money and another that could be costly.

The track left by diesel prices in 1999 offered a wild ride, from the lowest level of a decade to the highest point seen in years, with several ups and downs along the way.

In the news this morning: Ill. judge rejects OOIDA fuel tax suit; Fourth landslide closes Oregon's Santiam Pass Highway; and Protesting drivers block border roads in France.

This afternoon's headlines: Teamsters to unveil anticorruption plan; AEI acquires Transworld project forwarder; and Renault's Schweitzer foresees more alliances in truck industry.

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa took on Overnite Transportation in a question-and-answer session with the media last week, calling the strike against the LTL carrier a "war of attrition."

A revised directive from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could have an impact on who is liable for workplace injuries at loading docks.

The country woke up New Year’s Day with no significant problems from the dreaded “millennium bug.” Now people are debating whether the millions spent on fixing the bug was worth it.