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 Updated: 12/23/2010 9:30:00 AM Initial jobless claims declined by 3,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The decline to 420,000 matched estimates by economists,… Read More »Jobless Claims Drop for Week

Oil closed Wednesday at $90.48 a barrel, the highest closing price seen since Oct. 3, 2008 Crude oil settled on the NYMEX on Wednesday at… Read More »Crude Closes Above $90 on Stockpile Drop, Cold Weather, Good Job Numbers

 Updated: 12/23/2010 10:40:00 AM The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday issued its latest hours-of-service proposal, though the agency has yet to decide if… Read More »FMCSA Proposes Revised HOS Rule

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/affairs/index.html FMCSA 22-10 Thursday, December 23, 2010 Contact: Duane DeBruyne… Read More »FMCSA Issues Proposed Rule on Hours-of-Service Requirements for Commercial Truck Drivers

Truck drivers may not wear funny red suits and sport bushy white beards (well, I have seen a few with the latter), but they nevertheless… Read More »Meet Santa, aka America's Truck Drivers

 Updated: 12/22/2010 2:00:00 PM Navistar International Corp. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 55% from a year ago, on higher costs of a new labor… Read More »Navistar's 4Q Earnings Drop; Truck Revenue Jumps

Tridako Energy Systems of Alliance Neb, has named Nebraska Machinery Company of Omaha as a worldwide distributor of the PowerCube Auxiliary Power Units. NMC is… Read More »NMC CAT Becomes World-Wide Distributor for Powercube APU

 Updated: 12/21/2010 1:00:00 PM FMCSA Will Accept Comments Through Feb. 22 The Department of Transportation has published its proposed rule restricting truck drivers from using… Read More »DOT Opens Comment Period on Proposal to Ban Truckers' Hand-Held Phones

“All That’s Trucking” blog by Deborah Lockridge, Editor It was a happy holiday for trucking image advocates Saturday as the Udrove Humanitarian Bowl highlighted the… Read More »Happy Holidays for Trucking's Image at Humanitarian Bowl

 Updated: 12/17/2010 11:00:00 AM Carrier ‘Disappointed,’ May Appeal Ruling An Arkansas judge has dismissed a lawsuit by ABF Freight System against rival less-than-truckload carrier YRC… Read More »Judge Tosses ABF Suit Against YRC, Teamsters

Ryder System, Inc., has reached an agreement to acquire the full service lease, contract maintenance, commercial rental and dedicated contract carriage businesses of The Scully… Read More »The Scully Companies, Inc. to be Acquired by Ryder System

 Updated: 12/17/2010 1:00:00 PM Rule Would Set Stiff Penalties on Drivers, Carriers The Department of Transportation Friday proposed banning interstate truck and bus drivers from… Read More »DOT Proposes Ban on Truckers' Hand-Held Phones