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Used-truck sales declined in November, the result of both a lack of supply and increasing buyer resistance to high prices, according to two trucking-industry research groups.

An index of manufacturing activity in the Chicago area dipped in December but showed continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Thursday.

Supporters of a national network of natural gas fueling stations for motor carriers have invested an additional $150 million in the project, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said Thursday.

Oil rose slightly Thursday but held under under $100 a barrel, down from more than $101 earlier in the week, Bloomberg reported.

Initial jobless claims increased last week for the first time in a month, the Labor Department said Thursday.

As it has with trucking rules, the federal government has tightened hours-of-service rules for airline pilots, while exempting air cargo pilots.

Trucking executive Thomas Nightingale is now president of sales and marketing for ModusLink Global Solutions, a publicly traded logistics and marketing firm specializing in the consumer goods and technology industries.

XPO Logistics said it has appointed Dominick Muzi to be president of Concert Group Logistics, the Buchanan. Mich., company’s freight forwarding subsidiary.