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Federal Reserve commissioners were “uncertain” about how much, if any, further raising of interest rates would be needed after its latest quarter-point increase at its May 10 meeting, according to minutes of the meeting that were released Wednesday.

Higher truck toll rates are set to take effect Saturday on the Indiana Toll Road, in the first rate change in more than 20 years, the Associated Press reported.

The Senate last week confirmed a host of federal transportation officials, including Richard Capka to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.

Package carrier FedEx Corp. said Friday it planned to buy the less-than-truckload operations of Watkins Motor Lines and certain affiliates for $780 million.

Crude oil futures rose to more than $72 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in intraday trading Monday, Bloomberg reported.

The American Transportation Research Institute said Tuesday it has been commissioned by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency to assess CBP’s truck e-manifest initiative.

U.S. consumer confidence fell in May by the most since Hurricane Katrina last fall, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Global air cargo firm Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings said Tuesday it has received approval from the Nasdaq Stock Market to list its stock on Nasdaq, beginning Wednesday.

Treasury Secretary John Snow has resigned and President Bush plans to nominate Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry Paulson as his replacement, news reports said Tuesday.

U.S. truck maker Freightliner LLC, after working on two development projects for more than four years, decided that hydrogen fuel cell technology is not yet ready for a role in reducing idling in the trucking industry.