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The index of U.S. leading economic indicators rose for a fourth month in January, as signals pointed to faster economic growth, Bloomberg reported.

Wal-Mart Stores said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 13% to $3.59 billion, or 86 cents a share, up from $3.16 billion, or 75 cents a year earlier.

FedEx Corp. said Tuesday that its FedEx Express unit has signed a two-year agreement with the Australian Trade Commission to expand trade between Australia and the United States.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A panel of experts said fuel transporters were working to develop handling procedures to prevent the contamination of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel as it is shipped through pipelines, saying the complexity of the system makes maintaining the fuel’s integrity difficult.

TAMPA, Fla. — Volvo Trucks North America said it would add a $7,500 technology “surcharge” to all its trucks sold in 2007, to offset the cost of meeting new emission standards that take effect Jan. 1.

UPS Inc. will open 22 distribution centers in China this spring as part of its expansion in that country, Reuters reported.

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President Bush said Tuesday that a proposed deal allowing a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. ports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it, the Associated Press reported.

President Bush Tuesday visited a Colorado renewable energy laboratory as part of a two-day, three-state trip to promote the energy proposals he outlined in his recent State of the Union address, the Associated Press reported.

The Federal Reserve may need more interest rate increases to continue to tame inflation, according to the minutes of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s Jan. 31 meeting, which were released Tuesday.