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President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan would include billions of dollars of refunds for taxes paid years ago, the Associated Press reported.

APM Terminals Virginia will discontinue use of company identification cards at its Portsmouth, Va., facility and rely solely on the federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential, or TWIC, a port executive said.

Isuzu Commercial Truck of America said it will use selective catalytic reduction technology to meet U.S. 2010 nitrous oxide emissions standards.

Truck parts and components maker Eaton Corp. said Monday it has sold its VORAD, or vehicle on-board radar, system to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems. Terms were not disclosed.

We have to stop going to California; that’s the bottom line. First, they (the ports) put emission standards on who could go into the ports in the Los Angeles area.

Navistar International Corp. Monday said its net income for its fiscal year 2009 ending Oct. 31, 2009, will be $370 million to $410 million, or $5.10 to $5.60 per share.

Construction spending fell 0.6% in November, the Commerce Department said Monday.

U.S. manufacturing activity contracted at the fastest pace in 28 years in December, the Institute for Supply Management said.

November truck tonnage declined 1.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis from year-earlier levels and 15.4% on an unadjusted basis, delivering the latest evidence that the economic downturn is putting ever more pressure on fleets.