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TAMPA, Fla. — Jerry Thrift of Ryder System, Miami, was installed as chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations during the group’s meeting here Feb. 11.

Poor demand from the economic downturn caused German truck maker MAN SE to lose 472 million euros ($645 million) in the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of 177 million euros ($242 million) a year earlier, Bloomberg reported.

Truck components maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal first quarter earnings and revenues will be flat compared with the first quarter.

A new economic index based on diesel fuel purchasing in the trucking industry fell in January after an increase in December, the index’s authors said.

Wright Express Corp. said that its fourth-quarter profit fell to $12.1 million, or 31 cents per share, compared with $65.2 million, or $1.66, a year ago.

John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died Saturday, the company said. He was 96.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region grew this month at the fastest pace in four months, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.

NEW YORK – After a trial run that began last spring, a section of Broadway in New York City will remain permanently closed to traffic.

State legislators in Wyoming have put into writing the tolling proposal for Interstate 80 that they have been talking about for some two years.