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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a loss a year earlier, as sales rose for the quarter and full year.

President Obama has included $330 million for programs to combat distracted driving in his six-year transportation spending plan, as part of the administration’s proposed 2013 budget.

Retail sales improved 0.4% in January as sales excluding automobiles rose to a 10-month high, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Business inventories rose 0.4% in December while sales increased by the most in five months, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

PARK CITY, Utah — Shell Lubricants is introducing a fuel-efficient and long-life transmission and gearbox oil that meets the requirements of automatic transmissions used by Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks, company officials said.

President Obama’s proposed budget would spend $476 billion on transportation over the next six years — a nearly 50% increase over current levels.

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.3% in January, the second increase in six months, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

President Obama’s proposed budget calls for the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery, Bloomberg reported.

American Trucking Associations and the Association of American Railroads jointly urged the House of Representatives to approve a proposed highway funding bill, while avoiding attempts to change truck size-and-weight limits provisions contained in the bill.