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A new Environmental Protection Agency showed an improvement in fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions for new cars and light-duty trucks in 2009.

Big-picture executives have the ability to see well beyond the day-to-day grind. If you’re in this category, you support an active safety department and insist on taking a variety of preventive measures.

The Brink’s Co. said Thursday it bought Mexican logistics firm Servicio Pan Americano de Proteccion, S.A. de C.V., for about $60 million.

An index of leading economic indicators rose 0.5%, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia region rose in November for the second straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

UPS Freight said Tuesday it has improved transit times between U.S. cities and Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Initial jobless claims rose by 2,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

YRC Worldwide has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a suit by rival less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, and said separately it will close 31 terminals around the country to reorganize its network and trim costs.

Heavy-duty trucks built in 2007 and later all have diesel particulate filters, but owners are still confronting perplexing decisions about their proper maintenance.