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It’s more than time for the ping-pong game that has enveloped the years-long drive to revamp the work rules for America’s truck drivers to be over.

The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index contracted in December, ISM said Wednesday.

Construction spending rose 0.1% in November, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Transportation asked private companies and governments to provide information on commercially available technologies that could be used to reduce congestion and improve the safety of the transportation system.

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WASHINGTON — John Hill, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the agency’s final electronic onboard-recorders rule would include a larger mandate than the original proposal.

Recent innovations in information technology, such as the ability to harness the power of software applications over the Internet, are changing when and why trucking companies need on-site IT managers.

New home sales plunged 9% to a 12-year low last month, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region improved this month, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Friday.