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Retail sales rose 1.8% in July from the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Tropical Storm Irene gained strength in the Atlantic overnight and could become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil prices hit $66 a barrel for the first time Thursday, continuing a run of records in the past two weeks, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent a new version of its truck-driver hours-of-service regulation to the White House budget office for review, and trucking representatives said the reworked rule could be published soon.

Truckload company Star Transportation, Nashville, Tenn., said Tuesday it has purchased Camp Transportation of Jacksonville, Fla. Terms were not disclosed.

Air cargo firm ABX Air reported late Tuesday it earned $6.8 million or 12 cents a share in the second quarter, up from $5.8 million or 10 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rucking officials said a recent study that found an increase in accidents involving commercial trucks on the Ohio Turnpike since the speed limit was raised was inconclusive because it did not provide enough information as to whom was at fault.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ongress ordered federal regulators to issue a rule making owners of intermodal chassis responsible for their safety and for maintaining the equipment.