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Housing starts fell in May following the expiration in April of a home sales tax credit, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Prices paid to U.S. producers decreased 0.3% in May, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

Swedish truck maker Scania AB opened its second dealership in Iraq and seeks to start another one this year as the country’s reconstruction spurs demand, Bloomberg reported.

A pair of Senators introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at curbing the fraud by unscrupulous freight brokers.

Arizona transportation and public safety officials said they hope whatever caused severe dust storms that closed a stretch of Interstate 40 at least 10 times in the past two months has run its course.

A coalition of truck stops, restaurant franchises and other businesses have expressed opposition to Arizona’s proposal to stem budgetary shortfalls by commercializing the state’s interstate rest areas.

Air pollution at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., declined in 2009 for the third consecutive year, and diesel particulate matter has fallen more than 50% since 2005, in part because of the port’s clean truck program, port officials said

Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved this month, showing positive activity for the 11th straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell 0.6% in May as oil prices declined, the Labor Department said Tuesday.