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Industrial production was unchanged in February as factory output increased at the slowest pace in three months, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

The consumer price index rose 0.4% in February as gasoline prices increased, the Labor Department said Friday.

Oil rose almost $2 Friday to finish the week over $107 a barrel, on signs that the U.S. economy was rebounding, Bloomberg reported.

Hallelujah, a new highway bill has actually managed to make it successfully through one of the houses of Congress.

The item in your Feb. 27 issue titled “CSA Scores Help Shippers Avoid Potential Lawsuits” fell regrettably short of your usual standards for objective, well-informed and fact-based reporting on the trucking industry.

Women now comprise more than half the working population and are visible in management and professional careers, and yet they still represent less than 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization concerned with expanding opportunities for women in business.

Diesel prices continued to climb, as the national average price rose by 2.9 cents to $4.123 a gallon last week, according to the Department of Energy.

At least one major motor carrier said it had a truck fire related to a defect in Detroit Diesel engines that was the subject of a recent recall, but other fleets using the Detroit engines made by Daimler Trucks North America either didn’t comment or said they had not experienced problems.

Heavy-duty engine manufacturers blasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week for allowing Navistar Inc. to pay penalties to sell engines that do not comply with 2010 emissions standards, saying the agency did not follow the law in determining the penalties.

The use of liquefied natural gas as a U.S. truck fuel has a diverse array of proponents, including President Obama, ATA Chairman Dan England, corporations such as UPS Inc. and Ryder System and environmental activists. But as of now, the super-cold fuel is hard to find.