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Advocates of using a chemical additive to help control heavy-duty truck engine emissions met in Chicago Sept. 10 and said afterward that they intended to meet with the Environmental Protection Administration by the end of this month.

South Carolina City Installs GPS on Garbage Trucks • Highway Ads Get High-Tech Makeover • XM Raises Funds for Backup Satellite

Appeals Court Halts California Recall Vote • ew York Factory Index Rises in September • Gasoline Prices Remain Steady, Lundberg Says • Fed Not Expected to Change Interest Rates • And more...

Sales at retailers rose 0.6% in August, but that was significantly less than economists were expecting, news services reported. .

The producer price index, which tracks payments to factories, farmers and other producers, rose 0.4% in August on higher costs for energy and good, the Labor Department reported Friday..

FedEx, UPS Awarded New Hong Kong Cargo Flights • Mineta Urges Passage of Transportation Reauthorization Bill • Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index Falls • Economists Predicting Strong Second Half of Year • And more...

CINCINNATI — A new electronic format to simplify and speed up trucking fleets’ warranty claims to their suppliers could be in place as early as next year, industry representatives said this week.

CINCINNATI — The Technology and Maintenance Council is studying what can be done to decrease corrosion on trucks and trailers caused by ice-clearing and dust-settling chemicals on highways.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment insurance in the week ended Sept. 6 rose to the highest level in two months, the Labor Department reported Thursday.