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The University of Michigan said on Friday its index of consumer sentiment rose to 85.4 in September from 82 in August, its highest level in five months.

Liberate Technologies late Thursday offered to purchase truckload carrier USA Truck for $21 a share.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.1% in August, while an inflation gain preferred by the Federal Reserve posted its highest gain since 1995, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Package-delivery and supply chain management firm Velocity Express said Friday it lost $6.4 million or 44 cents a share in its fiscal fourth quarter ended July 1, compared with a loss of $21.3 million or $1.88 a year ago.

Bankrupt auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. posted a net loss of $533 million in August, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. on Friday lowered its third-quarter earnings guidance, saying it now expects to earn between 38 cents a share and 42 cents a share.

The National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago’s manufacturing index expanded unexpectedly in September, Bloomberg said Friday.

The Transport Workers Identification Credential program should require a single background check and a single credential check, a trucking official told Congress on behalf of American Trucking Associations.

The U.S. economy grew at a revised 2.6% annual rate in the second quarter, down from the preliminary 2.9% gain reported in August, the Commerce Department said Thursday.