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The Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it was moving ahead with new rules from the Clinton administration to cut diesel fuel pollution from trucks and buses by 95% starting in 2006 (model year 2007).

In one of the key economic indicators with implications for the trucking industry, U.S. factory purchasing agents said Thursday that their manufacturing activity index edged up in February for the first time in a year. But the gauge remained at a level consistent with a recession.

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A threatened strike at a plant owned by Latin American commercial truck maker Consorcio Grupo Dina, has been postponed until March 20.

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Business hopes that the Federal Reserve might go ahead and cut interest rates this week, instead of waiting for its March 20 policy panel meeting, were doused Wednesday as Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan addressed the House Financial Services Committee.

Many of the truckload carriers that have fueled the truck sales boom in recent years are now cutting back on purchases and keeping equipment on the road longer because of a slowing economy.

The U.S. trailer industry closed out 2000 with shipments 20% below the previous year, mirroring the truck manufacturing industry.

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News services reported a significant earthquake hit the region that includes Seattle, Portland Ore. and Vancouver, B.C.