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CPI Rises 0.3% in December; Jumps 4.1% for 2007

The consumer price index rose 0.3% in December and the CPI for the full year was 4.1%, the highest level since 1990, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

January 16, 2008

Letters to the Editor: HOS, Owner-Operators, Driver Training, Traffic Jams

I think everyone is becoming tired of the continued drama from the hours-of-service debacle. Does the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration really believe they can reissue the same rules the courts have thrown out twice and they will now be accepted?

January 16, 2008

Roundabouts Replacing Some Intersections in N.Y. State

New York state transportation planners are turning more right-angle intersections into roundabouts, which are derided by many but proven in a national study to be safer than some intersections with stop signs or traffic signals, the Associated Press reported.

January 15, 2008

EPA Completes Draft ‘Greenhouse’ Regs

The Environmental Protection Agency has completed its draft of new regulations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks, Bloomberg reported.

January 16, 2008

ATA Talks with Chinese Trucking Delegation

American Trucking Associations welcomed a delegation of Chinese trucking officials to its headquarters in Arlington, Va., Monday, where the two talked about international trucking issues in the two countries.

January 15, 2008

Slagle to Succeed Vikner as Mack’s CEO

Mack Trucks said Tuesday that Dennis Slagle will succeed Paul Vikner as the company’s chief executive officer, effective April 1.

January 15, 2008

Producer Prices Dip 0.1% in December; Jump 6.3% for Year

Prices paid to U.S. producers dipped 0.1% in December but jumped 6.3% for all of 2007, the most in 26 years, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

January 15, 2008

New York ‘Empire State Index’ Declines

Manufacturing growth in New York state fell to the weakest pace in nine months in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

January 15, 2008

Retail Sales Fall 0.4% in December

Retail sales fell 0.4% in December, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

January 15, 2008