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Wright Express Corp.’s third-quarter profit fell to $20.6 million, or 53 cents per share, compared with $23.4 million, or 60 cents, a year ago.

U.S. workers’ productivity rose 1.9% in the third quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Parts maker Commercial Vehicle Group said it turned a third-quarter profit compared with a big loss a year ago, and predicted truck production would increase next year.

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it earned $60,000, or zero cents per share, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $1.6 million, or 19 cents, a year ago.

Initial jobless claims increased by 20,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

A slate of proposed amendments to California’s tough heavy truck diesel emissions reduction regulation would save the trucking industry more than $3 billion in retrofits and engine replacements and delay some compliance requirements by a year or more, according to a report by the state’s environmental regulatory staff.

The Republicans’ recapturing of the House of Representatives Tuesday will mean a shift in power of transportation-related panels, and the Democratic casualties included long-time House Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.), who lost the seat he has held since 1974.

U.S. factory orders grew 2.1% in September, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.