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FDX Corp. named Joseph C. McCarty chief executive officer of FDX Global Logistics, a new organization that will include Caliber Logistics. He also will serve as CEO of Caliber Logistics.

Shippers have been spending more on transportation and using more technology. They are dealing with fewer carriers and getting more for their money.

A federal investigation into the bribery scandal involving Chicago-area licensing facilities is spreading.

European truck drivers will be limited to a 48-hour work week if a proposal now being drafted by the European Union Commission in Brussels becomes law.

Congress was finally closing in on a $500 billion budget agreement as Transport Topics went to press late last week. And it’s about time.

Is intermodal worth the risk? “What risk?” protested two railroaders on a panel of logisticians discussing truck-rail movement of containers and piggyback trailers.

Volvo Truck Corp. will invest $128 million in German diesel engine manufacturer Deutz A.G., as part of a cooperative agreement finalized last week.

The Council of Logistics Management elected Kathleen Strange as its president for the 1999 term during its annual conference, held at the Anaheim Convention Center, Oct. 11-14.

If you can deal with the just-in-time deliveries that feed America’s manufacturing plants, you’re ready for cross-docking.