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What started as a high-profile television advertisement during the Super Bowl for an online job service erupted last week into a major controversy that left the trucking industry and a top federal regulator incensed over how the industry was portrayed.

American Trucking Associations’ board of directors is scheduled to get a briefing from President Bush on economic and national security issues when it meets in Washington next week, ATA said Jan. 30.

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Cross-Border Delays Hurting NW Business, Leaders Say • LTL Talks to Resume Early, Union Says • Con-Way Logistics Inks Warehousing, Management Agreement • CSX Names Ward Chairman, CEO • And more ...

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 5 cents a gallon last week, the Department of Energy reported Monday, reaching $1.542 – its highest price since Dec. 18, 2000.

Two economic reports released Friday on manufacturing and consumer confidence from the Midwest showed divergent views of the U.S. economy.

Recent revisions to the Department of Transportation’s physical examination process failed to completely close the gate on medically unqualified truck drivers, according to several physicians who work in the transportation field.

Truckload and less-than-truckload companies have been reporting excellent financial results for the fourth quarter of 2002, as a jump in freight volume without a matching increase in fleet capacity kept rates high and added needed black ink to company balance sheets.

DHL Worldwide Acquires Canadian Courier Company • Freightliner N.C. Plants Vote to Join UAW • Airborne Improves 4Q Earnings • Snow Confirmed as Treasury Secretary • And more ...