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Initial jobless claims fell by 43,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The California Air Resources Board has launched a $20 million funding assistance program designed to stimulate the purchase of hybrid trucks and buses that reduce diesel emissions.

American Trucking Associations said it has hired Rob Abbott as its vice president of safety policy.

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it lost $1.7 million, or 20 cent per share, in its fiscal first quarter, compared with a loss of $672,000, or 8 cents, a year ago.

Supply chain technology firm Intermec Inc. said its fourth-quarter net earnings were $5 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with $9.3 million, or 15 cents, a year ago.

Vitran Corp. lost $2.3 million or 14 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, an improvement from a loss of $79 million, or $5.85, a year earlier.

Forward Air Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit fell to $6.4 million, or 22 cents per share, from $8.3 million, or 29 cents, a year ago.

P.A.M. Transportation Services reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.9 million, or 42 cents per share, compared with a loss of $11.4 million, or $1.19, a year earlier.

China National Heavy Duty Trunk Group Co., that country’s largest heavy truck producer, sold 16,653 vehicles in January, up more than 300% from a year earlier, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.