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GM, Ford to Idle North American Plants• Accord Reached on Airport Bill • IMF Lowers 2002 U.S. Growth Estimate • Two Killed in Mich. Train Wreck • Senate GOP Blocks Stimulus Package • And more...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Trucking companies that wish to continue hauling freight to airports may have to register as freight forwarders, according to a security official with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Supplies of road de-icing salt have been hard to come by for many smaller road agencies in the Midwest, leaving officials scrambling to replenish their stores amid a regional shortage due to heavy use last year.

As U.S. consumers took advantage of interest-free financing on vehicles and began returning to department stores for holiday gift shopping, retail sales rose 7.1% during October, the biggest increase in almost 10 years of record keeping by the Commerce Department.

Daimler Plant Union Authorizes Strike • More Companies Announce Job Cuts • Did the Recession Start in March? • Cannon Express Reports Larger Loss • And more...

Lack of cooperation from non-cartel oil producers has forced the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to defer action on a planned 1.5 million barrel-a-day cut in production, news services said.

NTT DoCoMo, Nokia Join for Cell Phone Service • New Technology a Solution to Information Overload • Wireless Is Future of Computing, Hawkins Says • And More...

The investigation into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 is leading authorities away from suspicions of a terrorist event and toward the possibility of mechanical failure, news services reported.

Economy's Slide Deepens Uncertainty for Wireless • Defense Dept. Revamps Supply Chain • Kalmar Seeks New Intermodal Handling Solutions • And more...

Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) are calling for vehicle and driver inspections for Mexican trucks every 90 days, as part of a compromise on new rules governing the safety of Mexican trucks in the United States, the Associated Press reported..