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Arkansas Best Corp. submitted a proposal to acquire all of the stock it does not already own in Treadco Inc. for $9 a share in cash.

Ashland City firefighters captured two barges tossed down the Cumberland River by high water, as rain-swollen rivers began to fall Sunday in most of Tennessee.

The completion of Interstate 69, which will provide a direct route from Canada to Mexico through Shreveport-Bossier City, is expected to boost benefits to the region from the North American Free Trade Agreement, business leaders say.

Federal Mogul Corp. is set to make a $6 billion bid for British motor components group LucasVarity PLC, according to reports in British newspapers Sunday.

Associate Federal Highway Administrator George Reagle (pictured) last week was transferred from his job as head of the Office of Motor Carriers, at least in part because he orchestrated a lobbying campaign against transferring the office to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Office of Motor Carriers’ new leader, Julie Anna Cirillo, is a virtual unknown to trucking.

Diesel prices have edged up for two straight weeks but are unlikely to climb much higher before being pulled back down by oversupply.

Amtrak announced four new business ventures that will take it deeper into the freight business.

Wags are calling legislation proposed last week reauthorizing the Surface Transportation Board the "Linda Morgan job protection bill" because of a provision requiring that the STB chairman be confirmed by the Senate.

Two disputing transponder providers have agreed to work on a deal that would allow truckers to use the in-cab devices in both service zones.