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UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union have agreed to begin early talks on a new contract within the next 30 to 45 days, the parties said late Tuesday.

State officials will continue to look for new funding methods to build and maintain roads, such as leasing toll roads to private companies and selling bonds, according to a report released this week.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear a dispute about how Oregon taxes trucks, letting an existing flat-fee tax system stand, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. consumer confidence rose this month following a decline in May, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Existing home sales fell 1.2% in May to the lowest level since January, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

Truck components maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said it has ratified a contract with the Canadian Auto Workers at its commercial vehicle systems brake facility in Tilbury, Ontario, Canada.

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling regarding a railroad worker, has made it easier for workers to show they have suffered retaliation after accusing employers of discrimination, the Associated Press reported.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a bid by environmentalists and 12 states to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate auto and truck emissions that may contribute to global warming, Bloomberg reported.

American Trucking Associations said Tuesday its preliminary May for-hire truck tonnage index rose 0.3%, following a 2% gain in April.

The average national price of retail diesel fuel fell 4.8 cents to $2.867 a gallon, the biggest decline this year, the Department of Energy reported Monday.