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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.

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Frozen Food Express Industries Friday said it expects its fourth-quarter revenue to be about $142 million, and its earnings per share will be 32 to 35 cents per share, ahead of previous expectations.

UPS Inc. said Friday it had placed an order for 50 hybrid electric delivery trucks and would acquire 4,100 low-emission conventional vehicles this year.

The U.S. producer price index rose 0.3% in January, the Labor Department reported Friday.