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

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose in June for the first time in four months, reflecting an increase in food costs, the Labor Department said Friday.

I am writing you in response to the letter titled “High CSA Scores” and printed in your June 11 issue (p. 6).

We all got half a loaf when President Obama signed the new highway bill into law on July 6.

North American Class 8 truck orders fell 22.3% in June from a year earlier to 16,500, the lowest monthly figure since September 2010, according to preliminary data from ACT Research Co.

President Obama signed a new transportation reauthorization law on July 6 that drew measured praise from truckers, shippers, road builders and others who said they were relieved a new law was enacted, even if it does not address long-term funding for the nation’s highway system.

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel in the United States rose 3.5 cents a gallon last week to $3.683, the first increase in three months, the U.S. Department of Energy reported.

Rising prices for older-model used trucks have forced sellers to come up with new approaches to make tractors more affordable, according to industry executives.

Navistar International Corp.’s new plan to meet federal emissions standards by adding an engine technology it previously disparaged is raising a wide range of questions, according to industry analysts.

Trucking has emerged from the economic recession leaner and more profitable, and many executives of the nation’s largest for-hire carriers are now making a more concerted effort to address the long-standing issue of driver turnover.