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Truck tonnage in the United States rose 7.4% in July from a year earlier, the eighth consecutive monthly gain, American Trucking Associations reported last week.

The prediction by some people is that the new CSA rules will take 5% or more over-the-road drivers off our highways. To some folks that may be a good thing.

About the only silver lining that seems to be coming from the obvious slowdown of the U.S. economy is that it’s taking pressure off domestic fuel prices, in part by encouraging commodities speculators to find other places to ply their trade.

Oil rose almost $2 Friday to finish the week over $75 a barrel, posting its first weekly gain in three weeks, Bloomberg reported.

A key concern of savvy business owners is getting their product to market as efficiently as possible. A common misconception in supply-chain management is that a warehouse operation comes with “necessary” inefficiencies.

Worldwide air cargo traffic rose 22.7% in July from a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said.

Initial jobless claims fell by 31,000 last week, the first decline in a month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Paccar Inc. has hired 90 workers for a truck engine plant in Mississippi, and the company expects to begin producing engines in December, the Associated Press reported.