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Mexico has continued its side of the cross-border trucking pilot program begun in 2007, although the United States ended its participation and has denied Mexican trucks authority to deliver to U.S. destinations, a Mexican official said.

RICHMOND, Va. — People in trucking have long viewed themselves as a collection of hardworking individuals — and there are plenty of stories to support that belief. But who among them has worked harder and longer than J. Harwood Cochrane, founder of the highly successful Overnite Transportation Co. at age 22 and the more middling Highway Express at age 78?

President Obama proposed a transportation infrastructure plan last week, including a call for a one-time $50 billion federal investment and the creation of an infrastructure bank.

Diesel prices dipped for the fourth consecutive week, as the U.S. retail price average slipped 0.7 cent a gallon to $2.931 from the week before, the Department of Energy reported.

WASHINGTON — Highway crash deaths involving large trucks plummeted 20% in 2009 to 3,380, the third straight year it has set a record low, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Wholesale inventories rose in July by the most in two years, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Descartes Systems Group said it earned $2 million, or 3 cents a share, in its second fiscal quarter, compared with $800,000, or 2 cents, a year ago.

Procter & Gamble Co. said it has started construction on what will be Asia's largest distribution center, in Guangzhou, China.

The number of people killed in large-truck crashes dropped 20% in 2009 to the lowest level on record, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

Initial jobless claims fell by 27,000 last week, the third straight decline following a month of increases, the Labor Department said Thursday.