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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer confidence rose unexpectedly in August to a 105.6 reading, from a revised 103.6 level in July, the Conference Board said in its monthly report.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of orders placed with U.S. factories fell 1.9% in July to $387.8 billion, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations said it has launched a new Internet initiative on its Web site for truckers to share information about the effect of high fuel prices on their businesses.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Energy may tap the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help energy producers and refiners in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in southeastern Louisiana early Monday as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing high winds to the region and flooding many roads, including Interstate 10, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he need to capitalize on high freight rates and strong demand is putting more pressure on maintenance departments to keep increasingly complex trucks up and running, fleet executives said.

Truckload carrier Schneider National’s logistics unit said Monday it had completed its acquisition of American Port Services, a provider of port transloading, warehousing and distribution services.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. etail gas prices hit another record high over the past two weeks and could rise even higher, according to the latest Lundberg survey issued Sunday.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Under a measure in the recently signed highway funding act, states would be allowed to let companies install diesel-engine emission reducing electrification systems and other idle-reducing technologies at public rest areas along the nation’s interstate highway system.