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Heavy-duty truck manufacturers have improved the fuel efficiency of their tractors through a combination of new technologies, powertrain improvements, enhanced aerodynamics and efforts to reduce rolling resistance.

UPS Inc. agreed to a 10-day antitrust extension of its planned purchase of Netherlands-based package firm TNT Express by European regulators, while TNT reported a strong second-quarter profit, Bloomberg reported.

Consumer confidence dropped in July to the lowest level this year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Oshkosh Corp. said higher defense sales pushed its fiscal 2012 third quarter income to $75.7 million compared with $68.4 million reported in the year ago period.

Echo Global Logistics said its second-quarter profit rose as revenue climbed.

The U.S. economy grew at a 1.5% annual rate in the second quarter as consumers trimmed spending, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

The debate does go on, and getting everyone in the industry to agree on weight regulations will be as easy as getting the highway bill passed and signed.

In 2007, I read a survey revealing that 10% of truck drivers on the nation’s highways admitted to being drug users. As bad as that news was, I realized that, like the old rule of thumb holding that one bug on the kitchen floor means hundreds more are lurking behind the scenes, the full picture was probably far worse.