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U.S. retail sales rose 0.1% in May to $308.8 billion, the Commerce Department said Thursday, led by more purchases of furniture, electronics and clothing..

PHOENIX – A senior Environmental Protection Agency official urged truck engine makers to pursue "simpler" technologies to meet tougher emissions rules for 2007 and beyond, expressing doubt that engines using a urea additive would be practical.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Tuesday to leave its current oil quotas in place.

WASHINGTON — Nearly $60 million that Congress appropriated to fund Operation Safe Commerce, intended to develop an intermodal freight plan to ensure that ship containers are moved securely by trucks across the country, may be diverted to help the aviation industry, lawmakers said last week.

Truck drivers, who must obtain separate security cards to work at each of Florida’s 14 ports, would only need one card in the future, under a bill the state Legislature passed last month.

Eliminating the federal excise tax on trucks and offering additional tax credits are ways to ease the transition to 2007 low-emission engines, Steve Duley, vice president of purchasing for truckload carrier Schneider National Inc., said during an online chat hosted by TTNews.com on Wednesday.

Despite some signs of increased activity, economic conditions in April and May remained sluggish throughout much of the nation, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its regular report on the state of the economy.

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