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MAN AG has set a deadline for Scania shareholders to accept the German truck maker’s hostile takeover bid for its Swedish rival, giving investors until Dec. 11 to tender their shares, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.2% in October, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

U.S. consumer prices in October fell 0.5%, matching a drop in September that was the highest since November 2005, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell 2,000 last week to 308,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Increased fuel and labor costs drove the U.S. Postal Service's net income down to $900 million in its fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

The Environmental Protection Agency has partnered with the Small Business Administration to offer loans to small trucking companies to help pay for the agency’s fuel-saving SmartWay Upgrade kits.

The Environmental Protection Agency has certified Volvo’s new engine family to its 2007 emission standards, the truck maker said Wednesday.

New Jersey is considering converting several existing highways into toll roads, the Star Ledger reported Wednesday.

Manufacturing growth in New York State in November rose to its highest levels since June, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Wednesday.

The federal election last week, which gave Democrats control of Congress for the first time since 1994, will shake up the Hill’s legislative agenda as well as the Capitol’s lead-ership, observers told Transport Topics.