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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil inventories and distillate inventories fell while gasoline inventories rose more than expected last week, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iting increased raw materials costs, Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire and Bridgestone Firestone Canada said they would be raising prices on the companies’ Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton and private brand tire lines.

The average retail price of diesel fuel jumped 6.6 cents to $2.798 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy is likely to continue expanding into 2006 despite high energy prices, according to a new business survey, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. iesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc reaffirmed its 2005 full-year earnings guidance of $10.10 to $10.30 a share and its third-quarter guidance of $2.40 to 2.50 a share.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. abash National said Monday its board has authorized the company to repurchase up to 2 million shares of its common stock until Sept. 15, 2007.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer confidence for September fell to its lowest level in two years following Hurricane Katrina and record high fuel prices, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. new home sales fell 9.9% in August from a record high rate the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. resident Bush called on Americans to conserve gasoline by reducing driving when possible and said he may again open the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve if necessary in the wake of Hurricane Rita, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>August U.S. Class 8 truck sales jumped 24.3% over last year’s pace, the 22nd consecutive year-over-year increase. But some analysts and company officials said they were concerned that future sales could be dampened by rising fuel prices, a slowing economy and tougher federal emission standards.