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Potentially controversial initiatives aimed at reducing congestion and changing the structure of highway financing that Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta launched before his recent departure will keep moving forward, Mineta told Transport Topics in a July 6 interview.

Truckload carrier Heartland Express’ second-quarter profit rose to $24.8 million or 25 cents a share, up from $17.6 million or 18 cents a year ago.

The average national price of retail diesel fuel rose 0.8 cent to $2.926 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.

UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. have each received federal subpoenas for documents as part of a Justice Department investigation into alleged price fixing in the air-cargo industry, Bloomberg reported.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.8% in June, the Federal Reserve said Monday.

The Portland, Ore., city council last week passed a measure that requiring filling stations to sell diesel containing 5% biodiesel, Portland television station KATU reported on its Web site.

Vehicle parts maker Eaton Corp. Monday reported record sales and income for the second quarter.

Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) signed a bill July 10 prohibiting truck drivers from idling their engines for more than five consecutive minutes during any 60-minute period.

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Petroleum-industry representatives have set up a consortium to test ultra-low-sulfur diesel that they said would give fuel retailers a potential defense if they are found to be selling ULSD that is over the government’s sulfur limit.