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The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to let six diesel engine makers install pollution-control shutoff equipment on their 2002 engines, three years after imposing more than $1 billion in penalties on the manufacturers for using similar “defeat devices” to beat clean air tests.

New orders placed with U.S. factories for goods designed to last three years or more fell 6% in January, a decline more than twice what private economists had projected and another sign that the factory sector continues weak.

Axis to Track Toyotas During Delivery; Gainsco Retreats from Trucking Insurance, Restructures; and more...

Qwest to Seek Right to Expand Long-Distance Service; Intel to Acquire VxTel in $550 Million Deal, a Web-Phone Move; Automaker Drives Wireless in Plants

The slowing economy and high rate of trucking company failures in 2000 have eased the acute shortage of truck drivers — at least momentarily — and given companies a break from escalating driver-pay increases, according to several trucking executives.

Mexican, and possibly Canadian, trucks entering the United States would be required to pass and pay for safety inspections if Congress passes a bill introduced by an Illinois representative.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes dropped 6.6% in January, the second straight monthly decline, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday.

Federal-Mogul Cutting 1,100 Jobsl; 3Com to Cut 1,200 Jobs; Gasoline Price Falls in Survey; Landair Reports 4Q Loss; FedEx Offering Discounts to Small Business Group; and more...

PanAmSat Sets Venture With Grupo Pegaso Affiliate; AT&T Pressured to Reach Cable Deal; Most Can Live Without Wireless Web, Survey Shows; Small Suppliers: Weak Retail Link.