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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Monday it has awarded a total $1 million in grants to nine technical and community colleges to enhance safety curricula and behind-the-wheel training courses for students enrolled in commercial driver’s license training programs.

Emissions from cargo ships would be reduced under legislation that passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Associated Press reported.

Iteris Inc., which makes lane-departure warning systems for the trucking industry, reported its fiscal fourth-quarter profit improved from a year ago.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) signed a bill that will require diesel sold in the state to contain 20% biodiesel content by 2015, the Associated Press reported.

Executives with several software firms said their businesses are awash with inquiries from carriers seeking to streamline operations as they struggle with record fuel prices and sluggish freight demand.

U.S. consumer confidence fell to a 28-year low in May, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Manufacturing activity in the Chicago region improved in May but showed contraction showed for a fourth straight month, the National Association of Purchasing Management said Friday.

Federal regulators disclosed a sweeping probe into U.S. oil-market trading and said they were expanding surveillance of energy markets, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said Friday.