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Yellow Roadway Corp. moved to Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 index from the S&P SmallCap 400, the financial ratings service announced.

Terion Adds Solar Option to Trailer-Tracking Technology • Qualcomm, IDSC to Provide In-Cab Fuel Services • Clean Air Group Urges Funding Diesel Retrofits • Wabash to Invest in New Trailer Lines • And more...

Crude oil futures rose to near an all-time high Tuesday, closing at $54.59 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

The Department of Transportation said Monday its transportation services index fell 0.2% in December, the first decline after three consecutive monthly increases.

TAMPA, Fla. — ChevronTexaco Inc. said new refining methods that turn natural gas into a no-sulfur diesel could lower the price of trucking’s primary fuel.

American Trucking Associations said March 1 it would appeal a federal court decision that dismissed its lawsuit seeking the rollback of a sharp toll increase for seven Delaware River bridges connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania, an association official told Transport Topics last week.

The California Air Resources Board is considering whether to push for financial incentives to prompt freight transportation firms operating around nearby ports to curb diesel emissions, said a spokesman for that regulatory agency.

The U.S. Supreme Court will use a dispute involving Volvo AB to review the scope of a federal law that restricts price discrimination, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Crude Oil Closes at Four-Month High • Dynamex Approved to Trade on Nasdaq • Ryder Buys New York City Rental Company • Delphi CFO Resigns; Company Will Restate Earnings • And more...

President Bush named acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Steve Johnson to lead the agency, EPA said Friday. Among other things, EPA sets regulations related to emissions from diesel engines, which are scheduled to tighten in 2007 and 2010.