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Oil prices moved below $88 a barrel Tuesday, one day in advance of an OPEC meeting in which cartel members were set to meet to decide whether to increase production, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. automobile sales fell or were flat in November and an ongoing economic slump will continue to hurt U.S. auto sales in 2008, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index dipped slightly in November from October, ISM said Monday.

Cummins Inc., the largest foreign investor in the Chinese diesel engine industry, received an order for 1,900 bus engines from transit agencies in China, Bloomberg reported.

Exxon Mobil Corp. said it will partner with two other companies and an Israeli university to build a commercial lift-truck application powered by fuel cells from hydrogen produced in the truck.

A winter storm blamed for at least 11 deaths in the Midwest wreaked havoc on Northeast roads Monday with a mix of rain, sleet and snow, the Associated Press reported.

Vitran Corp. said it bought retail supply chain management firm Las Vegas/L.A. Express, based in Ontario, Calif., for about $12.6 million.

Southern California’s ports are about to begin a multibillion-dollar program that is being watched all over the world to repair, replace or clean up engines to reduce pollution, the New York Times reported Monday.

The national average price of diesel pushed past a record level for the third time in four weeks, rising 3.4 cents a gallon to $3.444, the Department of Energy reported.

Truck tonnage hauled in October declined 1.5% compared with the same month in 2006 — the 14th decline in 16 months — American Trucking Associations said.