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New home sales fell in February to a record low, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Truck component maker Accuride Corp. said Wednesday it lost $140.1 million, or $3.59 per share, in 2009, compared with a loss of $328.3 million, or $9.24, in 2008.

Durable goods orders rose for a third straight month in February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Dana Holding Corp. said it completed the sale of most its Structural Products assets to Mexico’s Metalsa, S.A.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the federal government is close to a decision on whether to allow Pennsylvania to toll Interstate 80 as part of that state’s transportation funding plan.

President Obama on March 18 signed into law an extension of the highway bill through the end of the year as part of a $17.6 billion package of tax incentives and bonding proposals aimed at spurring job creation.

Electronic onboard recorders should be mandatory for all truckers operating in North America, the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance said.

A Michigan appeals court has refused to hear a plea from the owner of the Ambassador Bridge on a lower court ruling that he illegally built toll booths and other facilities on public land on the Detroit side of the span that carriers traffic to Windsor, Ontario.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has scrapped that country’s plans for a tax on carbon emissions, three days after his ruling party was defeated in local elections, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.