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Third-Quarter Productivity Rises More Than Expected

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. workers productivity rose at a 4.1% annual rate in the third quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.

November 3, 2005

New Jobless Claims Fall to Two-Month Low

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits fell to a two-month low, because of fewer hurricane-related filings, the Labor Department said Thursday.

November 3, 2005

Ind. Gov. Plans to Double Tolls, Troubling Truck Companies

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A plan by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels would more than double tolls for truckers on the Indiana Toll Road, which a truck official said would make local business operations for carriers more difficult.

November 3, 2005

Crude, Heating Oil Prices Rise on Higher Demand

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil and heating oil prices surged from three-month lows Thursday on signs that U.S. fuel demand is recovering as retail prices fall, Bloomberg reported.

November 3, 2005

Officials Warn of Traffic Snarls Near D.C. This Weekend

Virginia officials are again advising truckers and motorists on southbound Interstate 95 near Washington the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway to find alternate routes through most of this weekend, due to ongoing large construction projects.

November 3, 2005

Pacers Third-Quarter Net Income Rises

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said late Tuesday that net income for its third quarter ended Sept. 23 was $14.6 million or 38 cents a share, up from $11.3 million or 30 cents a year earlier.

November 2, 2005

Security & Safety Briefs - Oct. 27 - Nov. 2

ATA Petitions FMCSA for Crash-Rate Modifications CVSA Votes Down Performance-Brake Testing Iowa Making More Tamper-Proof CDLs TSA Names Three Regional Security Directors

November 2, 2005

Wal-Mart Will Reduce Truck Idling Under EPA Agreement

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores will undertake a national effort to reduce diesel truck idling at its 4,000 U.S. facilities, as part of a settlement of clean air violations.

November 2, 2005

Old Dominion Sets Three-for-Two Stock Split

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ld Dominion Freight Line said Wednesday that its board approved a three-for-two stock split, effective Nov. 30, for shareholders of record as of Nov. 16.

November 2, 2005

ATA Protests Sleeper-Berth Rule

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the trucking industry has serious and pervasive concerns about the sleeper provision of the new hours-of-service rules and will give the agency data about sleeper-berth use, ATA President Bill Graves said.

November 2, 2005