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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Speakers at a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration “listening session” here said federal safety policy should focus more on drivers and less on equipment, and they suggested ways to improve the agency’s fleet review and rating processes.

Fed's Ferguson Says Business Spending Picking Up • Celadon Earns $2.8 Million in Latest Quarter • Overnite Reports Higher Profits in 3Q • Earnings Falls at BNSF Due to Asbestos Claims • And more...

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence fell to 92.8 in October from a revised 96.7 the month before, the third straight decline and the lowest in seven months..

Canadian customs workers stopped picketing at the U.S.-Canadian border last week, where the action, part of a broader public employee strike, had caused traffic delays.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he federal hours-of-service rules for drivers have become a problematic issue that has concerned many of us for the last 60-plus years. hese hours driven are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but, in fact, they cannot really be controlled when a driver falsifies his or her logbook.

The Department of Energy said Monday the average U.S. price for retail diesel fuel rose 3.2 cents to $2.212 per gallon. br clear=all>

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Sales of previously owned houses rose 3.1% in September to the third-highest pace on record, the National Association of Realtors said Monday.

Despite hopes that the next generation of diesel engines coming in 2007 would have the same fuel efficiency as current models, early concerns are surfacing that ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel might actually reduce the new engines’ efficiency as a by-product of the way it is refined.