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A Senate committee passed a measure that would permanently allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on Maine and Vermont’s interstate highways.

An index of leading economic indicators continued to rise in August, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Ryder System has launched a new lease program that offers private companies the option to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets.

Initial jobless claims decreased by 9,000 last week to 423,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The new Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans has opened, replacing the twin spans wrecked by Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast six years ago.

Computer Sciences Corp. said it has won a pair of operations and logistics contracts from the U.S. Postal Service. The seven-year pacts have an estimated value of $83 million.

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) has sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration demanding that the agency “address serious concerns about the safety of Mexican trucks on U.S. roads.”

ABF Freight System President and CEO Wesley Kemp will retire at the end of the year and be succeeded by Roy Slagle, ABF’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, the company said Wednesday.

Existing home sales jumped 7.7% in August to a five-month high, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.