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U.S. retail diesel prices trickled down last week for the first time in nearly four months, the Department of Energy reported, but analysts said it was unlikely the trickle would start a downward trend at the pumps.

Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income jumped to $14.5 million, or 14 cents a share, from $1.5 million, or 2 cents, a year earlier.

Oil slipped slightly from this week’s highest closing price in two-and-a-half years but finished the week near that level over $105 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

Three California men have been sentenced to jail and ordered to pay restitution for a fraud scheme that involved double brokering of trucking loads.

Consumer confidence fell in March from a three-year high, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

UPS Inc. said it selected Scott Wicker, one of its veteran engineers, as the corporation’s first chief sustainability officer.

As the latest round of hours-of-service regulatory change plays out in Washington, I have come to the realization that the trucking industry is broken.

Caterpillar Inc. said it considering selling part of its logistics business.

Brandt Truck Line, an 88-year-old less-than-truckload carrier based in Bloomington, Ill., shut its doors Tuesday, giving no prior notice.