American Trucking Associations released the For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for October, good news or bad news. October Medium-Duty Sales reported by Wards Intelligence some increases and decreases. Merger and Acquisitions continue, who's buying and who is being acquired? Dockworkers and Railroad Unions contract negotiations are the clouds looming over the economy early next year, the issues and the chances of avoiding strikes. Oil reacts to the Russia-Ukraine war intensifying, U.S. vetoing a UN Security Council resolution for a Gaza ceasefire, OPEC+ possibly delaying output increases, full output capacity restored at a key North Sea oilfield, U. S. crude and gasoline inventories rising more than expected and anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.