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Trailer manufacturers say they are having problems finding enough tires to meet the surge in equipment orders, forcing them to take stiff price increases and offer customers less familiar tire brands.

The U.S. retail diesel and gasoline price averages both declined for the third straight week, the Department of Energy said Aug. 30, with diesel dipping 1.9 cents a gallon to $2.938 and gasoline shedding 2.2 cents to $2.682, the lowest level in six months.

The Port of Los Angeles said it would delay enforcement of a ban on independent drayage operators despite a federal judge’s ruling upholding the legality of that ban as part of the port’s controversial clean-trucks plan.

Oil prices to near $74 a barrel Friday following economic data that showed the service sector’s growth slowed, Bloomberg reported.

U.S. factory orders increased 0.1% in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

U.S. workers’ productivity fell more than previously estimated in the second quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims declined by 6,000 last week, the second straight decline after a month of increases, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Air and freight forwarder UTi Worldwide’s fiscal second-quarter net income rose to $18.9 million, or 19 cents a share, from $11.8 million, or 12 cents, a year earlier.