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Existing homes sales fell in August to a five-year low, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

U.S. consumer confidence declined in September, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Crude oil futures fell for a third day as production in the Gulf of Mexico increased following a storm threat, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

A United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corp. lasting longer than a week or two could cost GM billions, and two Canadian plants have been idled as a result of the strike, news services reported Tuesday.

Michael Jackson, deputy secretary at the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security, will step down from his post Oct. 26, DHS said Monday.

The United Auto Workers called a strike against General Motors Monday in the first nationwide strike against the U.S. auto industry since 1976, the Associated Press reported.

Truck idling limits in Rhode Island, New Jersey and California are the newest restrictions in a growing list of regional regulations, according to a recent report published by the American Transportation Research Institute.

Volvo AB said its heavy truck deliveries for the first eight months of the year fell 4.4% worldwide, while North American deliveries plunged, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration filed a memorandum with a court in Washington Friday strongly supporting American Trucking Associations’ request that the court’s vacating of provisions of truck driver hours-of-service rules be stayed pending reconsideration by the agency.