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Order a T-shirt from Jockey online or send your Toshiba laptop for repair, and your new shirt probably will arrive the next day, your repaired computer within the week. Both likely will come from Worldport, UPS Inc.’s 4 million-square-foot international air hub in Louisville, Ky.

The decline in truck tonnage accelerated from April to May, dropping 3.6% compared with last May — the largest year-over-year fall-off since January.

Shipments of new trailers to dealers and fleets fell 11.8% during the first five months of 2007, due in large part to the weaker economy, and will fall further this year, according to trailer manufacturers and analysts.

 A key congressional Democrat said dire pronouncements about the state of the Highway Trust Fund are driven by the Bush administration’s antipathy to a fuel-tax increase and its affinity for tolls and privatization.

Diesel fuel taxes in Connecticut increased 11 cents a gallon to 37 cents from 26 cents on July 1.

Rail carload and intermodal freight fell for the week ended June 30 compared with a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

The Volvo Group said late last month it will be participating in a joint environmental program between the U.S. and Swedish Governments.

Shell Limited, part of Shell Oil Co., broke ground late last month on a lubricants blending plant in southern China.