Sugar beet plant will close Sept. 1. A group of farmers are negotiating to keep a sugar beet processing plant open in Mendota after company officials announced it would close in September.

High fuel prices hurt Hagerstown trucking firms. The best in his fleet of 10 big rigs, the Volvo gets just 5 miles per gallon - "if we're lucky," said Winebrenner, vice president of Winebrenner Transfer Inc.

Ensign ignores trucking industry. " Sen. John Ensign praised voluntary measures to conserve fuel, but he quickly dismissed the idea of a national speed limit.

Landstar Global Logistics Names FFE Transportation 'Specialized Carrier of the Year'. FFE Transportation Services, Inc. announced today that at last week's annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Landstar Global Logistics, Inc.

TPG pulls out of Bradford & Bingley plan. British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley said today it's revising its plans to raise new capital.

Truckers in France protest high fuel prices. Truck drivers protesting soaring fuel prices have slowed highway traffic outside Paris and other French cities.

Trucker fined $4,000 in fatal crash. A momentary lapse in attention was responsible for a transport truck driver plowing into a road crew on Highway 2 last summer.

Five million truck drivers go on strike. As many as five million truckers have gone on strike in India to protest against the surge in fuel prices and claims for trillions of rupees in tax arrears.

Trucker: Victim stepped in road. Officials investigate the impact area where a pedestrian was struck by a tractor-trailer rig at U.S. 72 near Woodmont Drive in Tuscumbia.

TRUCKERS' STRIKES, PROTESTS & CONVOYS, WORLDWIDE. Oil touched a record of $143.67 a barrel on June 30 and has doubled in the last year.

Ex-NYSE Chief Grasso Wins Appeal in Pay Case. A state appeals court on Tuesday dealt a potentially devastating blow to the New York attorney general's efforts to force ex-New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso to return a portion of his $187.5..

Harley-Davidson announces anniversary parade route. Harley-Davidson Inc. has unveiled the route for the parade celebrating its 105th anniversary on Aug.

SKorean auto workers strike over US beef imports. South Korean pastors scuffle with riot police officers as they try to march toward the Presidential House protesting against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.

Canadian auto parts supplier nixes Alabama for plant. ' Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International is no longer considering northwest Alabama for a plant that could've brought some 1,000 jobs the area, officials said.

Stocks tumble again. Stocks tumbled Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a bear market, after oil rose to a record and steelmakers and coal producers retreated on concern the economic slump will worsen.

Cummins Takes $100 Million Hit In Flooding. Flooding from a creek caused more than $100 million in damage last month to a research and development center for the diesel engine maker Cummins Inc.

ArvinMeritor to acquire Belgian truck parts remanufacturer. Commercial truck parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. said Thursday it has entered into an agreement to acquire a Belgian remanufacturer and distributor of commercial vehicle brakes and components.

Chrysler looks at auto alliance with Chinese. In this June 4, 2008 file photo, Chrysler and Dodge vehicles are lined up at a Chrysler dealership in Portland, Ore.

UPS-Outlook. ATLANTA -- UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, lowered its earnings expectations for the second quarter on Monday because of slowing U.S. economic growth and high fuel costs.

State Looks at DHL Antitrust Possibility. Ohio officials have estimated the proposal could mean the loss of at least 6,000 jobs at the DHL hub in southwest Ohio.