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US 1 Industries Inc. said its net loss for the fourth quarter was $825,267 or 7 cents per share, compared with $127,365 or 1 cent a year earlier.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved a draft permit for a $2.5 billion oil refinery in Arizona, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. retail sales of heavy-duty trucks jumped 42.8% in February from a year earlier to 17,184, the highest total for that month since 2000.

The Association of American Railroads said intermodal volume totaled 220,361 trailers or containers in the week ended March 19, up 6.5% from the same week a year earlier..

Specialty truck maker Oshkosh Truck Corp. said the U.S. Navy awarded it a contract to begin production of a new military tractor-trailer.

The number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 3,000 in the week ended March 19, according to a Labor Department report. The increase pushed initial jobless claims to 324,000, Labor said.

The number of new home sales rose 9.4% in February to an annual rate of 1.226 million, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The prices of oil and gasoline both rose in the aftermath of an explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, Bloomberg News reported.

U.S. orders for durable goods rose by 0.3% in February, reversing a decline of 1.1% in the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

The District of Columbia announced plans to install electronic truck-weight sensors on Interstate 295 as part of an effort to catch overweight trucks coming into the city, the Washington Times reported Thursday.