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Logistics firm Trailer Bridge said Wednesday it has been awarded a contract by the Army's Military Traffic Management Command to move freight between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.

Diesel fuel’s average national price slipped 0.7 cent to $2.517 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. said Tuesday it earned $171 million or $3.37 a share in the third quarter, up from $145 million or $2.90 a year earlier.

U.S. consumer confidence fell in October following an increase in September, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

The National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago’s manufacturing index rose at its slowest pace in more than a year in October, Bloomberg said Tuesday.

Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Truck Corp. said Tuesday it earned $49.2 million or 66 cents a share in its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, up from $42.8 million or 58 cents a year ago.

Rail line Kansas City Southern reported Tuesday it earned $26.4 million or 32 cents a share in the third quarter, compared with earnings of $1.9 million or 2 cents a year earlier.

Iowa, Minnesota and South Carolina will each receive $1 million under the Federal Highway Administration’s “Highways for LIFE” program, an initiative which seeks to speed highway construction.

Wireless-services provider Qualcomm Inc. on Monday debuted its new OmniVision wireless enterprise system for the transportation and logistics industry.

Netherlands-based logistics firm TNT NV’s third-quarter earnings fell to about $85.3 million from $612.4 million in the previous second quarter.