What an unusual collection of news in today's Word on the Street. It features a trucking company, Old Dominion, that is in expanding in Fresno, a sign it's betting the economy will recover soon.

The second item is Objex by Alicia Evans Inc., which makes bras and short tank tops. (You should have seen how the three male co-workers deftly handed this one off to the sole female business reporter.) A co-worker tells me the fledgling Visalia company had a long line of interested customers at the Two Cities marathon this weekend.

And in Coalinga, another thrift shop has opened, following a spate of them opening in Fresno.

Word on the Street is a weekly business news column. If you have a new business or other business news for inclusion in the column, please e-mail me at bclough@fresnobee.com