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SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The day in 1998 that Tommy Hodges sold Goggin Truck Line should have been one of the best days of his life.

LAS VEGAS — As the push to outlaw driving distractions grows, American Trucking Associations endorsed a U.S. Senate effort to ban text messaging by motor vehicle operators.

LAS VEGAS — After more than a year of political and economic struggles, trucking leaders said they were doubling down in the hope that the industry would enter a period of strong recovery.

LAS VEGAS — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will allow carriers to look at parts of the driving records of prospective employees, the first time fleets will be allowed such access.

Canadian customs brokerage firm Livingston International Income Fund said that it has agreed to an acquisition offer from CPP Investment Board and Sterling Partners.

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Cell-phone use, particularly texting while driving any vehicle, is as dangerous an act as is driving while impaired and makes no sense at all — especially while driving a commercial motor vehicle.

“That which does not kill you makes you stronger.” That would have been an appropriate theme for the 2009 American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

The U.S. economy lost 263,000 jobs in September, bringing the overall unemployment rate to 9.8%, the highest level since 1983, but the number of job cuts in trucking was less than 5,000 for the third month in a row, the Labor Department said.