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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egotiators from the House and Senate began work last week to draft a comprehensive energy bill that could include incentives for trucking fleets to retrofit older diesel engines and extend daylight-saving time by two months.

Volvo AB said Monday its second-quarter profit rose 40% to about $502 million or $1.24 a share, from about $360 million or 85 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>I read the opinion column, “Model Contract Fills Regulatory Void," on the model contract put forth by the National Industrial Transportation League and the Transportation Intermediaries Association.

Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. Friday reported record net income of $141 million or $2.83 a share, a 72% increase from $82 million or $1.76 for the same period last year.

Ryder System said Thursday it had been awarded a multi-year contract by the United States Postal Service.

USA Truck said Thursday it had filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 3 million shares of common stock in a public offering.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nion Pacific Corp. reported its second-quarter income rose 47%, its first quarterly increase since 2003, because of record price increases, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ongress late Thursday extended the federal highway bill through Wednesday, July 27, giving House and Senate negotiators less than a week to settle a dispute over how to distribute highway construction dollars to states, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he House Thursday voted to indefinitely extend the USA Patriot Act, the sweeping security law passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Associated Press reported.