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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. lmost 30% of U.S. oil-refining capacity is offline because of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urricane Rita moved closer to the Texas-Louisiana border early Friday, and traffic on regional highways were gridlocked with people attempting to evacuate from coastal areas, the Associated Press reported.

Heartland Express said Thursday it would move its headquarters to North Liberty, Iowa, about five miles from its current headquarters in Coralville, Iowa.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ngine maker Cummins Inc. said it formed a joint venture with Chinese company Shaanxi Automobile Group to develop Cummins’ ISM 11-liter heavy-duty engine at a new production facility to be built in the Chinese city of Xi’an.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. n the wake of Hurricane Katrina, federal officials issued a number of waivers and rule suspensions for trucks participating in the relief efforts.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. railroad freight traffic set new records for the week ended Sept. 17, the Association of American Railroads said.

As it did with Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Department of Transportation has suspended rules limiting hours of service for truck drivers in the regions affected by Hurricane Rita so emergency and repair crews will be able to work as needed to support evacuation, recovery and repair operations.

Rain bands from Hurricane Rita sent water pouring through breaches in a patched levee in New Orleans Friday afternoon into some of the city's lowest-lying neighborhoods, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil and gasoline jumped in overnight trading on concerns that Hurricane Rita would damage more oil refineries in the Gulf Coast region, and natural gas prices reached a record high, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported net income of $2.7 million or 23 cents a share for its fourth fiscal 2005 quarter ended July 31, compared with $3.1 million or 26 cents a year earlier.