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Yes, there has been some new movement on Capitol Hill in the drive to get a highway funding bill through and into law. But don’t pop the champagne just yet: the “movement” is simply Congress kicking the can down the road once again.

TOKYO — Daimler AG will not have to give away advanced engine and vehicle technologies as part of its new joint venture with a Chinese truck maker because China’s emissions standards are behind Europe’s, and the market is not ready for the more advanced products, the head of Daimler Trucks said last week.

Registrations of used trucks barely increased in the first nine months of this year, while tight supplies of them forced buyers to pay 19% more than they did last year for trucks with higher mileage, according to market researchers.

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.7% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

U.S. manufacturing activity jumped in November, showing continued expansion for a 28th consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Construction spending rose 0.8% in October, the third straight monthly increase, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide’s shareholders approved a reverse split that would boost its per-share price by rolling each 300 shares held into one share.

General Electric Co. opened a new logistics center in Olive Branch, Miss., to distribute replacement wind turbine parts and solar technology components to customers in North and South America.

Ryder System has expanded its reverse-logistics business to include processing returns in the same facilities from which it forwards outbound shipments.

ATLANTA — Intermodal transportation is brimming with opportunities, suffering from routing limitations or possibly a mixture of both, industry officials said here.