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The changes the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making to its CSA safety-monitoring system will lead to increased enforcement in the two areas that correlate least with future crash risk, an examination of the revisions has found.

Fleet failures slowed sharply in the second quarter after a bulge earlier in the year, dropping to the lowest number in nearly four years because the trucking business is gaining strength, an Avondale Partners report said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion said he would like to think that he had a little help clinching top honors.

Daimler Trucks North America revved up the dispute between proponents of the two different diesel emissions reduction technologies, saying in a widely distributed letter to the trucking industry that rival Navistar Inc. “intentionally confused customers with fear-mongering, deception and distraction.”

Heavy-duty U.S. retail truck sales continued their steady climb last month, increasing 27.8% compared with July 2009, according to the most recent survey from WardsAuto.com.

The average price of a gallon of retail diesel in the country jumped 6.3 cents last week to $2.991, the largest one-week increase since early April, the Department of Energy reported.

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 0.2% in July, the first gain in three months, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims hit their highest level since mid-February, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions’ second-quarter profit rose to $1.5 million, or 5 cents per share, from $288,000, or 1 cent, a year ago.

General Motors Co. said Thursday it posted a $1.3 billion second-quarter profit, as it prepares to sell its stock to the public, the Associated Press reported.