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Southern California port officials and state environmental regulators continued pressing their campaign to reduce heavy-truck diesel emissions, approving several controversial measures during 2008 that some truckers said will lead to severe economic hardships.

The Intermodal Association of North America’s board of directors has elected Greg Stefflre, CEO of Rail Delivery Services, Fontana, Calif., as its chairman for 2009.

Sales of both existing and new homes fell in November, the National Association of Realtors and the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

U.S. consumer confidence improved this month from its lowest level in 28 years, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index released Tuesday.

Ryder System said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of a Canadian logistics firm with operations in China.

The U.S. economy contracted 0.5% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in its final of three estimates.

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The Department of Transportation and the I-95 corridor coalition signed an agreement earlier this month to help relieve congestion on Interstate 95.

A coalition of advocacy and labor groups last week again challenged the revised driver hours-of-service rule, asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider provisions in the rule that allow truckers to drive 11 hours in a workday and reset their weekly hour limit by taking 34 hours off.