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U.S. industrial production fell 0.6% in September, the biggest drop of the year, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday.

The producer price index fell 1.3% in September, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, while the "core" PPI rate excluding food and energy rose 0.6%.

GE Equipment Services, Rail Services on Tuesday named Jay Wileman its new chief executive officer.

In a move that would double the number of its stores in China, Wal-Mart is looking to acquire Chinese retailer Trust Mart for $1 billion, Bloomberg reported.

The number of trucks crossing the U.S.-Ontario border between January and September 2006 fell by more than 82,000 from the same period in 2005, the Ontario Trucking Association said.

Transportation firm Con-way Inc. reported late Tuesday its third-quarter earnings declined but its earnings-per-share rose.

About 13,000 electronic manifests were filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in September, compared 1,000 in April, the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security said Tuesday.

Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will be a guest speaker for American Trucking Associations’ 2006 Management Conference & Exhibition, to be held Oct. 28-31 in Dallas, the trade group announced Monday.

American Trucking Associations on Monday named 35 professional truck drivers as finalists in the selection process to become Captains on the 2007-2008 America's Road Team.

ll major U.S. heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers said they have submitted applications to the Environmental Protection Agency for certification of their 2007 models and expected to have the new, cleaner-burning engines available for sale by the beginning of next year.