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HYATTSTOWN, Md. — Food Lion driver Leonard Smith was in for a shock June 9 when he pulled into a weigh station on Interstate 270 south of Frederick, Md. Not only was he flagged out of line for a Class I inspection, his truck also got a going-over by Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.

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Retail sales in the United States rose 1.2% to $335.8 billion in May, the seventh increase in the last eight months, the Commerce Department said Monday.

The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline fell nearly 6.5 cents to $2.01 per gallon over the past three weeks, according to the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide..

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency officials said the agency would push for all 11 million diesel engines in the country to be retrofitted within 10 years in order to reduce their emissions of particulate matter.

CHICAGO — Many trucking and logistics companies have been averse to using some of the available information technology tools in their operations, shipper and carrier representatives told the IT & Business Process Conference gathering that met here last week.

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Swift Says SEC Reviewing Trades by Moyes • Import Prices Rise 1.6% in May • Japanese Police Arrest Ex-Mitsubishi Motors President • Jobless Claims Rise By 12,000 in Latest Week • And more...

FedEx Corp. said Thursday it expected to report earnings of $1.36 per share for the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 31, higher than its previous guidance of $1.20 to $1.30.

In recent years, many states have achieved some degree of success enacting generalized tort reform legislation and even reform specifically affecting trucking.