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Finance and information technology trucking executives are set to meet this week in Phoenix, as American Trucking Associations embarks on a campaign to reinvigorate some of its councils that had to retrench during the recession.

WASHINGTON — There are signs the U.S. economy is stalling and could undermine a tenuous recovery for freight haulers, according to the author of a report on logistics costs by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

If an appeals court agrees with a lower court judge who backed the Port of Los Angeles’ argument that it is a business, then all drayage truck drivers will be required to be employees of licensed motor carriers.

The recent rise in diesel prices has given trucking companies a greater incentive to search for ways to cut fuel costs, according to carrier and tire manufacturer executives.

An index of leading economic indicators rebounded in May, climbing 0.8% after dropping for the first time in almost a year, the New York-based Conference Board said Friday.

Rob Abbott, American Trucking Associations’ vice president of safety policy, has been named to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s motor carrier safety advisory committee, FMCSA said Friday.

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region slowed dramatically in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

Housing starts rose 3.5% in May, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless declined by 16,000 to 414,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Vigillo LLC, which offers reports CSA scorecards to truckers, brokers and shippers, said it has created a new data mining software division called IQLab to meet demand for custom reporting and analytics.