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Failing to match 2001’s record performance, sales of new homes plummeted 14.8% in January compared with December, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. It was the biggest single-month decline in eight years.

Oshkosh Demonstrates Electric Hybrid-Drive Truck • Logistics.com Launches New Versions of Software • arrier Installs Wireless Communications System • TRW Fails to Respond by Deadline • And more...

Orders for durable goods increased 2.6% in January, the Commerce Department reported – marking the second monthly increase in a row and suggesting that the manufacturing sector may be pulling out of its nearly 18-month slum.

Qualcomm Inc. announced the launch of its FleetAdvisor fleet management system this month, giving the wireless business service provider the ability for the first time to sell a comprehensive, in-house package of onboard software, hardware and communications technology.

California Officers Crack Down on Truckers • Cold, Snow Causing Problems in the South • Greenspan Says Recession Likely Ending • Shareholders Group to Oppose Daimler Management • And more...

Dispatchers, truckers and travelers have been better able to avoid construction, congestion and accident scenes on Houston freeways for the past several years, with help from a web site developed by Houston TranStar’s traffic management experts in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Transportation Institute.

U.S. consumer confidence declined in February for the first time in three months, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

Officials in Laredo, Texas, are battling the state over the location of border inspection stations mandated by the federal government as Mexican carriers prepare to move their rigs farther into the United States this summer under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

UPS Expects Profits in Predicted Range • Clean Air Partners Names New CEO • Landair Reports Record Profit for 4Q • Yellow Drops Goodwill in Jevic Purchase • And more...

DALLAS – In another encouraging sign for trucking, freight brokers and forwarders say they are seeing signs of an economic turnaround.