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 Updated: 2/24/2011 10:15:00 AM New home sales decreased 13% in January, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales fell to an annual rate of 284,000 units.… Read More »New Home Sales Drop 13% in January

Commentary by Rolf Lockwood, Editor at Large You’ll be hearing a lot about the ‘OPOC’ engine in the next little while, and maybe for a… Read More »A Game Changer Engine?

 Updated: 2/17/2011 10:05:00 AM Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region improved in February month for a fifth straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia… Read More »Philadelphia Manufacturing Improves

Women In Trucking president and CEO, Ellen Voie (center), met with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FMCSA Administrator, Anne Ferro in Washington to discuss… Read More »WIT Meets with U.S. Transportation Officials

 Updated: 2/17/2011 10:10:00 AM An index of leading economic indicators rose in January the seventh straight monthly increase, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.… Read More »Leading Economic Indicators Rise for Seventh Month

The National Shipper’s Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) has named James “Jim” Oberstar as keynote speaker of its 2011 Logistics Conference Expo, April 17-20 in Orlando,… Read More »Jim Oberstar Named Keynote Speaker at NASSTRAC Logistics Conference

 Updated: 2/17/2011 4:30:00 PM FMCSA Hosts Listening Session Thursday on Hours Rule An analysis of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service rule released… Read More »Study Casts Doubt on Proposed HOS Rule's Economics, Safety Issues, ATA Says

Under SETA, each state would have the option to set interstate weight limits of up to 97,000 pounds for trucks equipped with six axles instead… Read More »House Reintroduces Safe & Efficient Transportation Act

 Updated: 2/18/2011 8:00:00 AM By Ronald MarxVice President Skyline Freight This Opinion piece appears in the Feb. 14 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here… Read More »Opinion: How to Choose the Right Carrier

Isaiah “Ike” Hamilton of Boyd Bros. Transportation: 22 years and 3 million safe miles. Boyd Bros. Transportation of Clayton, Al. has extended honors to 22-year… Read More »Boyd Bros. Honors 3-million-mile Driver

 Updated: 2/18/2011 9:00:00 AM Denny Slagle, CEO of Mack Trucks, will be featured on the television program “Undercover Bossâ€� this Sunday, Feb. 20. Slagle worked… Read More »'Undercover Boss' to Feature Mack's CEO Denny Slagle

By TruckingInfo Staff Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced a bill that would require the Department of Transportation to study industry detention practices and establish a… Read More »DeFazio Bill Would Mandate Pay for Excessive Detention Time