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With concerns that slumping car and truck sales may not be confined to Asia and South America, AB Volvo is considering job cuts and other cost-saving measures to improve profitability.

Meritor Automotive will acquire Lucas-Varity Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems for $390 million in cash.

Congress began its post-election reshuffling last week, with House members choosing leadership teams to guide policy and politics for the next two years.

One in ten truck drivers tested positive for drugs or alcohol during a recent safety checkpoint of commercial vehicles in southern Oregon, and 26% of the trucks had to be put out of service.

Photo by VolvoThe Environmental Protection Agency was told that its emissions test for diesel engines was flawed four years before the agency imposed penalties on engine suppliers, Volvo Truck Corp. said.

National Industrial Transportation League President Edward M. Emmett convened the NITL annual meeting by declaring that the membership would have to grow for the league to build on its successes and extend its power.

Amtrak said it expects its fledgling express freight business to increase by 29% during the current fiscal year, to $107 million, with most of the business being diverted from trucking carriers.

Less-than-truckload carriers are departing from a trend that had developed in recent years: the annual Jan. 1 rate increase.

Trucking interests spent $200,000 on television commercials in the hotly contested Nevada U.S. Senate race, according to American Trucking Associations officials.