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Consumer confidence rose this month to a six-month high, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

The Senate Commerce Committee has set Dec. 14 to hear three bills introduced this week as part of the two-year transportation reauthorization package moving through the Senate.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 1.6% in October, shrinking to its lowest level of the year, the Commerce Department said Friday.

U.S. diesel prices declined for a second straight week, while gasoline declined for a third consecutive week, according to the Department of Energy.

American Trucking Associations has named Karla Hulett, a tax expert, accountant and business and technology consultant, as its new chief financial officer.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. said it will offer its V-10 gasoline engine to power its Super Duty F650 line of trucks in a bid to reduce costs for fleets that don’t pile up miles on their vehicles.

Truck component manufacturers Dana Holding Corp. and Eaton Corp. will drop their 13-year Roadranger joint marketing venture next year in a separation initiated by Dana, the two Ohio-based companies said last week.

Wireless alarm company Telular Corp. has agreed to buy trailer tracking supplier SkyBitz Corp. for a total of $42 million — $35 million in cash and $7 million in new Telular stock.

The Senate Commerce Committee said it plans to hold its first hearing Wednesday on a series of bills as part of two-year transportation reauthorization legislation.

Less-than-truckload companies may not be getting a large slice of the online holiday shopping delivery pie, but for some of them, they bring in the extra business they can find at just the right time, fleet executives have said.