Buying a tractor-trailer in Mississippi this summer will be bit less expensive thanks to a new law that reduces the tax on trucks bought for cross-country travel.

A Florida appeals court ordered a new trial for a truck driver who won $30.4 million from Michelin Tire Co. after he lost his legs in a crash.

Wayne Carpenter is the newest trucking Good Samaritan to win the title of Highway Hero.

Wayne Carpenter is the newest trucking Good Samaritan to win the title of Highway Hero. The tanker driver was chosen from five semifinalists in Goodyear's annual North America Highway Hero program.

Hub Group said it will exercise options to acquire the minority interests in 17 Hub operating companies for approximately $110 million.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. selected 5 finalists from 24 state and provincial semifinalists, one of whom will be named Highway Hero for 1998.

Knight Transportation bought Action Delivery Service of Corsicana, Texas, and its affiliated company, Action Warehouse Services.

Skynet Holdings of Los Angeles agreed to buy Nevada Fleet Management, a Las Vegas-based courier that provides air and ground delivery services to Nevada, Washington and Oregon under the name Fleet Delivery Service.

Volvo Trucks North America has agreed to buy a stake in Petro Stopping Centers. Details of the alliance between the truck manufacturer and the travel plaza chain were not announced.

Federal Express Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., has entered a multiyear sponsorship agreement with the National Hockey League, the National Hockey Players’ Assocation and USA Hockey.