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UPS Inc. said Wednesday that almost 200 of its employees accepted a voluntary early-retirement buyout package that will cost the company about $80 million.

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index fell 3.6% in January following an increase in December, ATA said Tuesday.

Retail diesel fuel’s national average price rose for a fourth straight week, jumping 6 cents to $2.551 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution’s fourth-quarter profit was $6.2 million or 31 cents a share, compared with $6.2 million or 32 cents for the previous fourth quarter.

Volkswagen AG has boosted its stake in German truck maker MAN AG to 29.9% from 20%, as part of an effort to create Europe’s largest truck maker in a combination including Swedish competitor Scania AB, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Durable goods orders posted their biggest decline in three months, falling 7.8% in January, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Volvo AB has agreed to buy Ingersoll Rand Co.’s road building-equipment unit for $1.3 billion, in a deal that would make it the world’s third-largest maker of construction equipment, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Consumer confidence reached the highest level in five years, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Existing home sales rose 3% in January, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

FedEx Corp. said Tuesday it has set new measures aimed at modernizing the retirement plans for most of its employees, including enhancing its 401(k) plans.