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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .B. Hunt Transport Services on Friday reported that its third-quarter net income fell to $39.8 million or 25 cents a share, from $47.9 million or 29 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. nternational Truck and Engine Corp. plans to lay off 230 workers at its medium-duty truck production plant in Springfield, Ohio, by the end of October because of declining sales, a company spokesman told Transport Topics on Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruck maker DaimlerChrysler AG and some of its European competitors expect demand for new commercial vehicles to stagnate in the region next year as fuel prices remain near an all-time high, which could lead to more losses or bankruptcies for truck buyers, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. usiness inventories rose 0.4% in August following a 0.4% drop in July, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer sentiment fell this month to a reading of 75.4, its lowest level in more than 13 years, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

U.S. industrial production plunged 1.3% in September, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rices paid by consumers rose 1.2% in September, the biggest gain in 25 years, while the so-called "core" consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. etail sales rose 0.2% in September from August, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ummins Inc. has teamed with a Chinese company to build engines for use in Chinese trucks.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Airlines’ cargo division said Friday it is raising its fuel surcharges on both domestic and international shipments, effective Oct. 26.