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Inventories at U.S. businesses declined 0.1% in July as companies used stockpiled goods to meet an increase in demand, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

The state agency that regulates air quality in California planned a public hearing Oct. 23 to consider requiring that all heavy-duty truck engines built between 1993 and 1998 include computer software to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions, even if the trucks are not registered in the state.

Advocates of using a chemical additive to help control heavy-duty truck engine emissions met in Chicago Sept. 10 and said afterward that they intended to meet with the Environmental Protection Administration by the end of this month.

The national average price of diesel fuel declined 1.7 cents per gallon to $1.471, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

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Sales at retailers rose 0.6% in August, but that was significantly less than economists were expecting, news services reported. .

The producer price index, which tracks payments to factories, farmers and other producers, rose 0.4% in August on higher costs for energy and good, the Labor Department reported Friday..

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CINCINNATI — A new electronic format to simplify and speed up trucking fleets’ warranty claims to their suppliers could be in place as early as next year, industry representatives said this week.