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Heavy equipment and diesel-engine maker Caterpillar Inc. said Friday that its third-quarter profit jumped 34% but downgraded its full-year 2005 earnings outlook.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations said Friday that its board of directors has revised ATA’s alternative fuels policy to advocate the use of biodiesel fuel in blends up to 5% as part of the national diesel fuel standard.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. atrick Quinn, co-chairman and president of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises, was named American Trucking Associations’ new chairman, ATA said Thursday.

Overall rail freight traffic fell for the week ended Oct. 15 but intermodal levels reached a record, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he index of U.S. leading economic indicators fell in September for a third straight month on aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina and continued high fuel costs, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

Hurricane Wilma weakened slightly Thursday to a Category 4 hurricane from a Category 5 and forecasters continued to project the storm would turn east toward the southwest coast of Florida — and away from Gulf Coast oil rigs — by the late weekend or early next week, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. oronto-based transportation and logistics firm Vitran Corp. reported Thursday that its third-quarter net income rose to a record $5.4 million or 42 cents a share, up from $4.5 million or 36 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruckload carrier USA Truck said Thursday that its third-quarter net income rose to $4.2 million or 40 cents a share, from $2 million or 22 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits fell by 35,000 to 355,000 last week as filings by workers from workers displaced by the Gulf Coast hurricanes, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruckload carrier Knight Transportation said late Wednesday its net income for the third quarter was $15.5 million or 27 cents a share, up from $12.6 million or 22 cents a year earlier.