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Blackout Leads to Cell Phone Problems • Peterbilt Taking Orders for Cat’s Acert • Microsoft Thwarts Blaster Worm Attack • Automakers Drop California Emissions Lawsuit

Gasoline prices could jump by as much as 10 cents a gallon in the next few days as refineries shuttered by last week's blackout were slow to come back online, news services reported Monday.

A growing controversy over which electronic format motor carriers and shippers use for document exchange is set to be one of the major topics explored at the Information Technology & Logistics Forum next month.

The average retail price of diesel fuel in the United States rose 0.6 cent per gallon to $1.498, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday. br clear=all>

Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (R), whom President Bush picked last week to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was expected to leave in place the agency’s 2007 diesel-engine emission regulations and 2006 diesel fuel requirements, said officials for both trucking industry and environmental groups.

TransForce Announces Bid for Canadian Freightways • N.Y. Manufacturing Expands at Slower Pace in August • Navistar Posts Profit; Says Orders Picking Up • Nationwide Moving Accused of Conspiracy, Fraud • And more...

Power continued to return in parts of New York City, the U.S. Northeast and Midwest and Canada on Friday morning following the biggest electrical blackout in North American history.

U.S. industrial output in July posted its biggest gain since January, boosted by a third straight monthly rise in factory activity, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.2% in July for a second straight month, led by higher costs for gasoline, the Labor Department reported Friday. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, the core index also gained 0.2%..