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The U.S. unemployment rate declined a tenth of a point in July to 9.1%, while the economy added 117,000 jobs to payrolls, the Labor Department said Friday.

This week, contestants of the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships will be convening in Orlando to begin four intense days of competition.

Just when it seemed that the worst of the mayhem caused by Washington’s bizarre handling of the debt-limit crisis appears to have passed — as Congress broke for its summer recess — enter the latest peculiar chapter.

FreshStart Logistics, a maker of transportation technology products, is partnering with counterpart Datatrac Corp.

FedEx Corp. said it has completed the acquisition of Mexico’s Servicios Nacionales Mupa S.A de C.V., or MultiPack.

Freight brokerage firm Echo Global Logistics is involved in an expansion strategy through acquisition, the CEO of the Chicago-based company said in an interview.

Caterpillar Inc. will pay $2.55 million to the federal and California governments to settle claims it sold engines without proper emissions controls and violated emissions control reporting and engine labeling regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said.

States would have an easier time permitting trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on interstate highways under a U.S. Senate bill introduced last month, its sponsor said.

Wright Express Corp.’s second-quarter profit grew to $40.6 million, or $1.04 per share, compared with $30 million, or 77 cents, a year earlier.

Xata Corp. Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $500,000, or 4 cents per share, compared with net income of $600,000, or 2 cents, a year ago.