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As the deadline to replace the court-rejected hours-of-service rules for truck drivers drew nearer, various industry officials said they expected the government to ask the court to stay its decision so regulators would have time to develop another set of regulations.

The Conference Board said Thursday its index of leading U.S. economic indicators fell 0.3% in July, the second straight monthly decline..

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks climbed 29.5% in July to their highest level in four years, as truck makers said both their highway and vocational markets remained strong despite the industry’s challenges of higher-priced fuel, finding enough drivers and dealing with a parts shortage..

For the first time in the current economic cycle, less-than-truckload carriers said finding qualified drivers was a growing concern as the expanding economy lured employees to other jobs and as low pay and increased security measures deterred people from entering the industry.

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The price of crude oil rose to a record $47.35 a barrel on Wednesday morning in New York after the Department of Energy said U.S. supplies declined for a third straight week, Bloomberg reported.

The Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security on Tuesday said that trucks carrying freight into the United States from Canada and Mexico would need to file electronic manifests with the government at least 30 minutes before arriving, the Associated Press reported.

The Transportation Security Administration announced it had hired consultant BearingPoint Inc. to begin the third and final test phase of its Transportation Worker Identification Card program.