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Diamond Cos., a holding company for International brand truck and bus dealerships, will merge with Roberts Truck Center, effective Jan. 1, the companies said.

A bipartisan trio of House members have introduced a bill to delay the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers until a study of the changes is completed.

Jobless claims declined by 10,000 for the week ended Oct. 26 as backlogs in California cleared after a switch in computer systems, Bloomberg News reported.

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Oct. 31 that the state can proceed with plans to begin tolling in February on two existing tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth in order to pay for construction of a third.

The consumer price index rose 0.2% in September, the Labor Department said Oct. 30.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said the House will hold a hearing in November on the latest federal hours-of-service rule for truck drivers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission took “numerous steps” to lessen the burdens imposed by a rule requiring that public companies search out and shed their supply chains of “conflict minerals,” according to an appeals court brief filed by SEC attorneys.

Consumer confidence declined in October to the lowest level in six months, the New York-based Conference Board said Oct. 29.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) has named the members of a state panel to prioritize transportation projects over the coming decade now that projects paid for by the lease of the Indiana Toll Road are nearly completed.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally amended its 2011 hours of service rule to exempt shorthaul and munitions drivers from taking a 30-minute rest break after eight hours of driving.