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Several measures affecting trucking advanced in Congress recently as a key Senate committee ap-proved a bill to allow trucks weighing more than the federal limit on Interstate 95 in Maine, and a bill providing tax incentives for idle-reducing units was introduced in the House of Representatives.

U.S. retail fuel prices continued to rise last week, as the average cost of a gallon of diesel climbed 2.2 cents to $2.55 a gallon, while gasoline jumped 5.4 cents to $2.557, the second straight week of increases, the Department of Energy reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold two separate stakeholder forums in August to gather input on a new 2010-2015 Strategic Plan, the agency said in a Federal Register notice.

Refrigerated carrier Frozen Food Express Industries lost $5.2 million, or 30 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared with net income of $274,000, or 2 cents, a year ago.

The U.S. unemployment rate for July unexpectedly fell to 9.4%, from 9.5% in June, the Labor Department said Friday.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and its sister organization are working jointly on reviewing changes to the current U.S. Financial Accounting Standards 13 and International Accounting Standards 17 for leasing.

The U.S. Postal Service said that it lost $2.4 billion in its fiscal third quarter as mail volume continued to plummet.

Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. lost $17.9 million, or 59 cents a share, in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $3.2 million, or 11 cents, a year ago.