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Cummins to Add 500 Workers

Heavy-duty diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. said it will add about 500 professional employees, many of them engineers, over the next two years.

January 24, 2008

Railroads, Transport Union Reach Accord

U.S. freight railroads have reached a tentative contract with about 81,000 workers represented by the United Transportation Union, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

January 24, 2008

Ford Takes $2.8 Billion Fourth-Quarter Loss

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $2.8 billion in the fourth quarter, an improvement from the same quarter a year ago, in which it lost twice that amount.

January 24, 2008

USA Truck Reports $1.6 Million 4Q Loss

Truckload carrier USA Truck said Thursday it lost $1.6 million in the fourth quarter, due to a “challenging freight environment.â€

January 24, 2008

FHWA Chief Capka to Step Down

Federal Highway Administration chief Rick Capka will leave the agency next month, he said in an e-mail to FHWA staff.

January 25, 2008

Covenant Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit

Covenant Transportation Group earned $176,000, or 1 cent per share in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $894,000, or 6 cents, a year earlier.

January 24, 2008

Heartland’s 4Q Earnings Drop 15%

Truckload carrier Heartland Express said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell 15% to $16.6 million, or 17 cents a share, from $19.6 million, or 20 cents, a year earlier.

January 24, 2008

Court Rebuffs Public Citizen on HOS Rule

A federal court has rejected a request by several advocacy groups, led by Public Citizen, seeking to overturn the interim hours-of-service rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last month.

January 24, 2008

Norfolk Southern’s 4Q Profit Improves

Eastern freight rail line Norfolk Southern Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit rose 3.6% and the railroad increased its dividend, the company said late Tuesday.

January 23, 2008

Werner’s Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net income fell 30% to $15.6 million or 22 cents a share, from $24 million or 31 cents a year earlier.

January 23, 2008