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WASHINGTON — The Bush administration does not plan to open the United States to Mexican trucks carrying international freight for at least eight months, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said last week.

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Organized labor, smarting from the congressional defeat of the ergonomics regulations, is regrouping and preparing to fight for candidates in the 2002 elections who would push for new protections against musculoskeletal injuries on the job.

How Idaho extracts tax money from trucking companies has raised much controversy since the interstate segment of the industry succeeded in knocking out the weight-distance tax, which was with higher vehicle registration fees — also based on miles of operation within the state.

The Federal Reserve cut short-term U.S. interest rates by another half percentage point Tuesday, its third such move since the year began to get the stalled economy moving again.

Vehicle parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. said Tuesday it plans to close some facilities and cut its work force.

Wabash made the announcement as it warned that its first-quarter earnings would fall below the range of Wall Street analysts’ expectations, which it believes to be three to 10 cents a share.

President Bush signed into law Tuesday afternoon a repeal of new workplace safety regulations that the trucking industry and other business groups said would be far too costly.

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New Rolling Blackouts Hit California; Celadon Warns on Earnings; Drug Distributors Merging, Closing Centers; Ford Plant Closing in Ohio Spills Into Michigan; and more...