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Used-truck dealers, facing a dearth of late-model, low-mileage vehicles after large fleets drained the market earlier this year, shopped aggressively in August, pushing sales up 55% from year-ago levels, according to industry sources.

The average cost of U.S. retail diesel climbed 4.9 cents last week to $3 a gallon, the first time trucking’s main fuel has reached that level in more than four months, the Department of Energy reported.

Wholesale inventories rose 0.8% in August, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The September U.S. unemployment rate held at 9.6%, as total payrolls fell by 95,000 jobs and trucking payrolls held steady, the Labor Department said Friday.

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As trucking’s most important get-together of the year nears, the industry finds itself waiting for a number of decisions from the Obama administration that will have a major influence on fleet operations for years to come.

Liberty Global Logistics, an American-flag ocean carrier, is now making regular monthly calls at the Port of Charleston’s Veterans Terminal.

Renault SA, France’s second-largest automaker, is selling a 14.9% stake in Volvo AB valued at 3.15 billion euros, or about $4.4 billion, Bloomberg reported.

Initial jobless claims fell by 11,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.