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The centerpiece of the Transportation Security Administration’s program to screen employees entering ports looks just like most access cards or identifications one would carry in his or her wallet.

SAN DIEGO — Mobile communications provider Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a host of upgrades and additions for its flagship OmniVision platform here, in-cluding wireless data roaming capabilities, in-cab document processing and support for third-party collision-avoidance systems.

Connecticut transportation officials announced the completion of a “truck escape ramp” on Route 44.

Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel in early trading Monday, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. retail diesel prices soared 11.6 cents last week to a national average of $3.396 a gallon, the highest level since early December, the Department of Energy reported.

Two years after it was first announced, the federal government has begun a full rollout of its plan to provide high-tech, secure identification for workers in and around America’s ports.

Long Beach officials last week put finishing touches on a sweeping, unprecedented set of rules aimed at dramatically cutting emissions from the 17,000 drayage trucks working at the huge California container port, rejecting the plan’s most controversial feature that would have forced independent owner-operators to work for larger carriers.

Universal Truckload Services, Warren, Mich., said it earned about $4.8 million, or 30 cents a share in the fourth quarter of 2007, down from $5.3 million, or 33 cents, in the previous quarter.

The index of leading economic indicators January fell for the fourth consecutive month, driven down by deterioration in the stock and housing markets, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.