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PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making several changes in its soon-to-be-implemented overhaul of truck safety standards as a result of industry comments, Administrator Anne Ferro told Transport Topics.

PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking ahead to a number of rules focused on driver health and fitness in the next year or two, after the agency completes its spate of mandatory regulations, Administrator Anne Ferro said last week.

NEW MARKET, Md. — For 20 years, as an international flight attendant and manager for Trans World Airlines, Barbara Windsor got a chance to see the world.

Third-quarter earnings rose sharply at four publicly traded truckload companies, as they were able to accelerate the pace of rate increases in a steady freight market.

Existing home sales jumped 10% in September, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

UPS Inc. said it expects its holiday volume to be 7.5% higher than a year ago and has added flights in China to meet surging export demand, Bloomberg reported.

Swedish truck maker Scania AB’s third-quarter profit jumped eightfold as demand for heavy trucks increased, Bloomberg reported.

The top “take-aways” from the 2010 Management Conference & Exhibition last week seemed to be: Things are better than they were; things are not as good as they could be; and things are going to get even better.

Every day, we hear on the radio, TV and various websites that the American people are angry about the economy, job losses and the high unemployment rate in this country.

PHOENIX — Trucking officials said they are preparing for what they believe will be a loss of productivity and flexibility when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issues the revised hours-of-service rule.