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The nation’s roads and bridges are still ailing, as Congress and the White House continue to fiddle while we await some concrete action on infrastructure funding.

Slowly but surely, trucking is emerging from recession, and trucking company leaders all over the country are anxiously watching the bottom line, determined not to falter now that the sun is finally coming out.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has unveiled a plan for the first phase of 150 new natural gas fueling stations, and said it anticipates opening 70 stations in 33 states by the end of the year.

Hostess Brands, the maker of Twinkies snack cakes and Wonder bread, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, less than three years after completing an earlier restructuring.

Ryder System said it has signed its first leasing agreement under its “Flex-to-Green” program, which offers companies the option to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets.

Business inventories rose 0.3% in November while sales increased, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

CSX Corp.’s rail unit on Jan. 3 began offering on-dock rail intermodal service at Portsmouth, Va., marking the latest step in its multistate National Gateway project to expand double-stack service in the eastern United States.

Initial jobless claims increased by 24,000 last week to 399,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.