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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ltra-low-sulfur diesel fuel due out later this year should provide sufficient lubricating properties for the fuel-injection systems at the heart of the new 2007 model-year heavy-duty truck engines, according to original equipment manufacturers and companies that produce motor oils.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome truck manufacturers have begun to offer fleet customers tractors equipped with engines that meet 2007 emission standards, while others said they would make the test vehicles available soon.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. producer price index rose 0.9% in December, the Labor Department reported Friday.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ecember retail sales rose 0.7%, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ail freight traffic and intermodal shipments fell in the first week of 2006 from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. usiness inventories rose for a fourth straight month in November, rising 0.5%, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ew Mexico has granted an extension until Feb. 28 before it begins to enforce the state's Weight Distance Tax Permit display requirement.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. rude oil approached a three-month high Thursday, approaching $65 a barrel, in part on concerns about Iranian oil output, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ational job bank Careerbuilder.com has ranked heavy-duty truck driving No. 18 on its list of the top 25 jobs for 2006.