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Members of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee decided to raise interest rates at its May 3 meeting after seeing weaker economic indicators, according to minutes of the meeting released Tuesday.

A shortage of skilled drivers has spawned creative ways to attract and retain them, leading manufacturers to design truck cabs with more room, creature comforts and technology to keep truckers happy and productive on the road.

The U.S. economy will slow more this year than previously thought and inflation will rise, according to a survey of economists, Bloomberg reported Monday.

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The average price for all grades of gasoline fell 6.4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.18, according to the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee began work last week on an energy bill that would encourage the use of anti-idling technology on heavy-duty trucks and would fund biodiesel and fuel-cell research.

Owner-operator Bruce Settles drove to Louisville, Ky., in late March to visit North America’s largest truck show. He brought with him ideas for improving truck seats.

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Air cargo firm Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. said Friday it filed financial operating results for a five-month period ending Dec. 31, following its emergence from bankruptcy protection last July.