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The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.1 cent per gallon last week to $1.304, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Environmental Protection Agency will fine engine manufacturers as much as $12,210 for heavy-truck diesel engines that don't meet the Oct. 1 deadline to cut nitrogen-oxide emissions, Bloomberg reported late Thursday.

The U.S. economy added just 6,000 jobs in July and the national unemployment rate held fast at 5.9%, just under the eight-year high of 6% recorded in April, the Labor Department said in a report Friday.

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The Environmental Protection Agency lowered its non-compliance penalties for engines that emit more than 2.5 grams of nitrogen oxides because of lobbying pressure and revisions in what the life cycle costs of the engine could be, said EPA and a House representative.

Schneider National Inc. Friday named Christopher Lofgren president, chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Back before the turn of the century when freight was strong, fuel and insurance were less expensive than they are now and owner-operators were making 97 cents on a loaded mile, it was easier to justify buying a rig and going into business for yourself.

The White House Wednesday turned down a request by Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to delay the implementation of tougher diesel-emissions rules slated to take effect Oct. 1, the Washington Post reported.

Trucking issues, particularly current heavy demand for truck engines produced before the Oct. 1 deadline for new emissions standards, were a part of the material that went into the Beige Book report released on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve.