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Heavy-duty U.S. retail truck sales continued this year’s collapse in September, falling 58.8% as Class 8 volume totaled less than half year-earlier sales for the fifth month in a row, according to the latest survey from Ward’s Communications.

Against the backdrop of political and regulatory uncertainty, American Trucking Associations members will come together this week to talk primarily about the business of trucking, the state of the industry, the health of the economy and new opportunities for carriers here and abroad.

Ryder System said Friday that that aerospace firm Boeing Co. has chosen Ryder to provide global transportation management services.

Heavy equipment and diesel engine manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. said Friday its third-quarter profit jumped 21%, though it cut its full-year earnings outlook.

Covenant Transportation Group reported it lost $3.6 million or 25 cents a share, compared with a net income of $795,000 or 6 cents a year earlier.

Manufacturing levels declined in the Philadelphia area this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

A report from the Federal Reserve’s regional banks suggested that economic activity continued to expand, although trucking’s outlook varied by region.

Initial jobless claims rose by 28,000 last week to 337,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.