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Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market on Tuesday.

The average national price of self-serve regular gasoline fell for the first time since February, dropping 2 cents to $2.93 a gallon in the two weeks ended Friday, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Transmission manufacturers say they can alleviate some of the cost burden that will fall on buyers of 2007 medium-duty engines with their new exhaust treatment packages.

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The Environmental Protection Agency has released its model idling law, recommending that heavy-duty truck idling be limited to 30 minutes when loading and unloading and five minutes in most other circumstances.

The national average price of diesel fuel declined for the first time in eight weeks, dropping 3.2 cents to $2.888 a gallon, the Energy Department reported Monday.

Chinese exports to Southern California’s ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will grow 10.2% in 2006 from last year’s record $102 billion, according to a report by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., the Associated Press reported.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express said Thursday it promoted Michael Gerdin to become its president.

Even after 14 years in the trucking industry, I cannot understand why our industry devours itself as referenced in a letter in your April 24 issue on the controversy surrounding the use of longer, heavier trucks.

A key House committee panel criticized the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security before ap-proving a $32.1 billion spending plan for the agency, the Associated Press reported.