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Truck tonnage decreased 13.6% in June compared with a year ago, American Trucking Associations said late Monday.

Consumer confidence fell in July, the New York-based Conference Board said.

Heavy-duty truck maker Paccar Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit plunged 92% to $26.5 million, or 7 cents a share, from $313.5 million, or 86 cents, a year ago.

Covenant Transportation Group said it lost $3.1 million, or 22 cents per share, in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $2.3 million, or 17 cents, a year ago.

FedEx Corp. said it has named Mike Moss as president of FedEx National LTL, the parcel carrier’s long-haul less-than-truckload unit.

New home sales increased 11% in June, the largest increase in eight years, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Wireless-services provider Qualcomm Inc. said its fiscal third-quarter earnings slipped to $737 million, or 44 cents a share, from $748 million, or 45 cents, a year ago.

Both of the terminal operators at the Port of New Orleans have reduced their business hours in response to the economic recession and reduced shipping, the Times-Picayune reported.

TNT NV, Europe’s second largest post company, said its second-quarter earnings declined to about $115 million, from about $292 million a year earlier.