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Truck trailer maker Wabash National Corp. reported first-quarter net income of $4.3 million or 13 cents a share, down from $18.5 million or 52 cents a year earlier.

Ryder System said Wednesday its first-quarter net income rose to $47.6 million or 77 cents a share, from $41.5 million or 64 cents a year earlier.

Interstate 435 in Overland Park, Kan., will close Friday night for construction work, the Kansas Department of Transportation said. Truckers and motorists were being urged to take alternate routes.

New home sales jumped 13.8% in March, the biggest jump in almost 12 years, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

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Eastern freight rail line Norfolk Southern Corp. reported Wednesday it earned $305 million or 72 cents a share in the first quarter, up 57% from $194 million or 47 cents a year earlier.

The Bush administration will conduct background checks on an estimated 400,000 port workers to ensure they do not pose a terrorist threat, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Durable goods orders jumped 6.1% in March from February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Transportation and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide late Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $58.1 million or 33 cents a share, up from $41.8 million or 24 cents a year earlier.

Several truck and brake manufacturers disagreed sharply with safety advocates over how much the Department of Transportation should cut heavy-truck stopping distances, with the manufacturers preferring a less-drastic reduction while another brake maker and safety groups pressed for shorter distances and mandated disc brakes.