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Virgin Mobile Close to U.S. Deal, Eyes Japan; Survey: Cell Phone Shoppers Are Hanging Up; Trucker McLane Rolls Out Dual-Mode Wireless Vehicle System; and more...

Led by an increase in stockpiles of nondurable goods like chemicals and clothing, inventories on U.S. wholesalers' shelves inched higher in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Officials of Cummins Inc. said they would go to court if necessary to prevent any of their engine-making competitors from wiggling out of the terms of a 1998 pact to build cleaner diesel engines.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao told a Senate appropriations subcommittee last week that her department would not propose new ergonomics standards any time soon, and that she was not committed to a two-year rulemaking deadline sought by some lawmakers.

In what was billed a preview of summer, more than 100,000 power customers in California saw hour-long blackouts roll through the state Monday, snarling traffic and shutting down air conditioners in 90-degree heat, wire services reported.

Study: Distracted Drivers Cause 284,000 Crashes a Year; Bandag Says Court Denies Michelin’s Injunction; TransCom USA Files for Chapter 11; OPEC Likely to Raise Oil Production; and more...

Yahoo! Begins Charging for U.S. Voice Calls; U.S. Customs Starts Computer Modernization; FCC Chief Stresses Phone Competition; and more...

If a measure to provide $35 million in loan guarantees to Cummins Inc. falls through, the engine maker’s nascent deal with Navistar International will also collapse, a truck manufacturing industry publication said.

U.S. gasoline prices leaped by 8.58 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 gasoline stations and has reached $1.76, which is an all-time unadjusted high.