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UAW members at the Freightliner plant in Mount Holly, N.C. approved on Sunday a new contract, ending a strike that went into effect after midnight on Saturday, local television station WSOCTV reported.

Federal Reserve commissioners were unsure of the need for further interest rate increases after deciding during the Fed's Aug. 8 meeting to hold rates at 5.25%, according to minutes of the meeting that were released Tuesday.

TransForce Income Fund will acquire Howard’s Transport Services, the Canadian transportation firm said Tuesday in a release.

Package carrier FedEx and the Air Line Pilots Association have reached a tentative agreement for pilot contracts, Bloomberg reported Sunday.

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Information Technology firm Computer Sciences Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Maryland State Highway Administration to help enhance the state’s Coordinated Highways Action Response Team system, the company said Monday in a statement.

Oil refiner Western Refining will acquire petroleum product manufacturer Giant Industries, the company said Monday in a release.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. unveiled a new line of Class 8 products it says would increase fleet fuel efficiency by up to 8%.

Tighter federal emissions standards for railroad locomotives, expected to be proposed late this year, would increase the cost of rail equipment, rail and diesel representatives said.

Trucking executives said they anticipate a shortage of tank truck capacity in the coming months, as demand for ethanol and ultra-low-sulfur-diesel fuel grows, while the Government Accountability Office said it was about to begin a study of the nation’s renewable-fuel infrastructure.