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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he index of U.S. leading economic indicators rose 0.9% in October following three months of declines, the Conference Board reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ess-than-truckload carrier Yellow Roadway Corp. said Monday that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Zollars adopted a stock trading plan under which up to 117,860 of the 272,325 stock options he holds may be sold.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal government has pledged more than $3 million to deepen a channel that would help a planned container terminal in Texas City, Texas, the Galveston County (Texas) Daily News reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. exico will revamp and add to its refineries to produce the ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel it will need by the end of 2008, and in the meantime will buy ULSD from U.S. sources for a handful of retrofitted trucks used in making cross-border deliveries, Mexican officials said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. asoline pump prices continued to drop in the two weeks ended Friday, declining 18 cents to an average $2.27 a gallon for all grades, analyst Trilby Lundberg reported in her latest survey on Sunday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. HOENIX — A national disaster akin to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita in the next few years could spell trouble for the trucking industry once trucks requiring ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel are in wide use, trucking industry executives and engine manufacturers said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. PS Inc. said Friday it will raise its commercial ground services rates by 3.9% and its air and international services rates by 5.5% in 2006.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merco, the parent of U-Haul International, said Friday it has taken a $150 million loan from Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Corp. to finance new truck purchases.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ransport Canada this week issued new truck driver work rules that include a provision on the use of sleeper berths that a U.S. trucking official said appeared to be more flexible than the controversial sleeper provision in the equivalent U.S. agency’s hours-of-service rules.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. orward Air Corp. said late Thursday that its board approved a stock repurchase program for up to 3 million shares of the company's common stock.