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General Motors Corp. and Inland Food Stores have partnered to launch a series of ethanol fueling sites in Florida, GM said Wednesday.

Crude oil futures rose for the first time in eight days, climbing 21 cents to close at $63.97 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

Citing strong competition from package carriers UPS and FedEx, as well as the advancement of e-mail and instant messaging, the U.S. Postal Service said it will trim $1.1 billion from its 2007 budget, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Use of electronic on-board recording devices for hours-of-service monitoring is low in the trucking industry, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Transportation Research Institute.

Diesel fuel’s average national price fell 11 cents to $2.857 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The U.S. trade deficit rose to a record $68 billion in July on declining exports and soaring imports, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Navistar Financial Corp., the finance subsidiary of Navistar International Corp., has completed a $443 million retail note sale to ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

William Poole, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, said the U.S. economy is strong, though inflation concerns remain, Reuters reported Monday.

The House of Representatives has passed legislation that will amend the Horse Protection Act to forbid transporting horses and other equines “to be slaughtered for human consumption and other purposes,” American Trucking Associations said Monday.

Diesel demand is projected to remain strong worldwide, though prices will fall slightly next year to an average of $2.78 a gallon over this year’s $2.81 average, the Department of Energy said Tuesday.