With National Truck Driver Appreciation Week approaching, American Trucking Associations is extending the deadline until Nov. 7 for submissions for its video contest on why professional truck drivers are essential to the U.S. economy.

Kansas City Southern said Thursday it earned $25.8 million, 27 cents a share, in its third quarter, compared with $48.9 million, or 52 cents, a year ago.

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported that its third-quarter profit fell 41% from a year ago.

Canadian freight railroad Canadian Pacific’s third-quarter net income fell 22% as measures to control costs failed to offset lower volumes, Reuters reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should identify commercial truck and bus drivers who are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, and require drivers diagnosed with the condition to prove they are being treated, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended last week.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should identify commercial truck and bus drivers who are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, and require drivers diagnosed with the condition to prove they are being treated, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended last week.

The average U.S. price of diesel jumped more than 10 cents a gallon and gasoline rose nearly as much last week, while petroleum closed above $81 a barrel on national commodities markets for the first time in more than a year.

Existing homes sales jumped in September to the highest level in more than two years, the National Association of Realtors said Friday.

Canadian transportation and logistics firm TransForce Inc. said its third-quarter net income fell to C$17 million, or 19 cents a share, from C$26.5 million, or 31 cents, a year ago.