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Truck maker Paccar Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit was $241.5 million or $1.39 a share, up from $236.5 million or $1.34 a share a year earlier.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Tuesday reported second-quarter net earnings of $366 million or 96 cents a share, up from $249 million or 67 cents a year earlier.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. sales of Class 8 trucks jumped 38.2% in June from year-ago levels, and reached their highest monthly total since December 1999, as fleets’ buying spree continued.

Union workers at a Bridgestone Firestone plant in Tennessee avoided a strike by voting Monday to approve a one-year contract, the Associated Press reported.

Arkansas Best, parent of less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, said Monday it earned $23.4 million or 91 cents a share in the second quarter, up from $19.3 million or 76 cents for the same quarter last year.

UPS Inc. Monday said it would purchase United Kingdom parcel carrier Lynx Express for $96.5 million in cash.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ales of existing homes rose 2.7% in June to a record, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. self-serve regular gasoline pump prices slid 1 cent in the past two weeks to an average $2.30 a gallon, according to the most recent Lundberg survey of filling stations released Sunday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Teamsters union and the Service Employees International Union said Monday they are leaving the AFL-CIO, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Environmental Protection Agency said it would give fuel refiners incentives to increase production of ultra-low-sulfur diesel ahead of schedule so that pipeline companies and fuel retailers can test their distribution systems.