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USA Truck said Thursday it had filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 3 million shares of common stock in a public offering.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ongress late Thursday extended the federal highway bill through Wednesday, July 27, giving House and Senate negotiators less than a week to settle a dispute over how to distribute highway construction dollars to states, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he House Thursday voted to indefinitely extend the USA Patriot Act, the sweeping security law passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. bill providing incentives to fleets that purchase cleaner diesel engines in 2007 has been introduced in the House by Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.).

Old Dominion Freight Line reported Friday it earned $13.9 million or 56 cents a share in the second quarter, up from $10.5 million or 43 cents a year ago.

Flatbed carrier Smithway Motor Xpress reported late Thursday that its second-quarter net income rose to $1.4 million or 27 cents a share, from $665,000 or 14 cents a year earlier.

Manufacturing growth in the Philadelphia area increased in July, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.

Heavy equipment and engine maker Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter income rose to $760 million or $1.08 a share, from $566 million or 80 cents last year.

Toronto-based transportation firm Vitran Corp. reported Thursday that its second-quarter net income rose to $4.8 million or 38 cents a share, up from $4.4 million or 34 cents a year earlier.