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Dennis Kline, vice president of worldwide truck sales and marketing for Arvin Meritor Commercial Vehicle Systems, was elected 2007 chairman of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association at the group’s Nov. 8 meeting.

Crude oil futures fell to a 17-month low on the New York Mercantile Exchange as traders speculated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would fully follow through with promised production cuts, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International on Thursday named Michael Uremovich to succeed founder Don Orris as chief executive officer.

Manufacturing growth in the Philadelphia area expanded in November, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

MAN AG has set a deadline for Scania shareholders to accept the German truck maker’s hostile takeover bid for its Swedish rival, giving investors until Dec. 11 to tender their shares, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

U.S. industrial production rose 0.2% in October, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

U.S. consumer prices in October fell 0.5%, matching a drop in September that was the highest since November 2005, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

First-time U.S. jobless claims fell 2,000 last week to 308,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Increased fuel and labor costs drove the U.S. Postal Service's net income down to $900 million in its fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

The Environmental Protection Agency has partnered with the Small Business Administration to offer loans to small trucking companies to help pay for the agency’s fuel-saving SmartWay Upgrade kits.