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U.S. retail sales rose 0.1% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

The producer price index rose 0.2% in May, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, and the so-called "core" rate excluding food and energy rose more than forecast.

Unable to settle on a compromise, trade associations representing freight brokers and motor carriers are offering their respective industries competing models for business contracts governing relations be-tween their transport sectors.

Freight forwarder Target Logistics’ stock will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange Thursday under the ticker symbol TLG, the company said Wednesday.

Truck parts maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said it has reached an agreement with workers at the Ontario, Canada factory it locked them out of last week, Bloomberg reported.

The national average price of diesel fuel rose 2.8 cents to $2.918 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

American Trucking Associations is taking to the road this week as part of a cross-country convoy commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said Monday that its board of directors authorized the purchase of up to $60 million of the company’s common stock.

Truckload carrier Transport Corp. of America said late last week it is raising its pay for owner-operators beginning in phases on July 1.

An official with mapping company Rand McNally said the company has released a new module that allows truckload carriers to incorporate lane-rate data with route optimization software.