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CNF's Net Income More Than Doubles • Covenant Earns 30 Cents a Share in 2Q • Volvo's 2Q Profit Rises 52% on Higher Sales • C.H. Robinson Reports Higher 2Q Profits • Wabash Posts Profit; Says Demand Will Continue to Rise • And more...

Housing starts in the United States fell 8.5% in June to the lowest level in a year, and a sign of future construction also fell significantly, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

A little more than five weeks after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the government to allow Mexican trucks to deliver in the United States, industry and government officials told Transport Topics some significant barriers remained to opening the border anytime soon.

The U.S. Department of Energy said Monday the national average retail price for diesel fuel rose 0.4 cent to $1.744 per gallon.

Greenspan Says Economic Slump Will Be 'Short-Lived' • Price of Oil Tops $42 Before Falling Back • NHTSA Says Freightliner Recalls Some Trucks • Net Income Increases at Arkansas Best • And more...

With the peak season for freight shipping rapidly approaching, U.S. railroads are already stretched thin and it appears that more delays and capacity scarcities are looming.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it was working with industry representatives to determine the locations of proposed “clean corridors” where fleets could buy ultra-low-sulfur fuel in 2005 to test 2007 diesel engines in actual operating conditions.

American Trucking Associations issued this statement on Monday, July 19, which clarifies its initial statement released on Friday: n Friday, July 16, ATA, in reacting to the U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) vacating of the new Hours-of-Service ("HOS") rules, stated that it anticipated that the Federal Motor Carrier Administration would work to meet the Court's requirement to consider the impact of the current rule on driver health.

Swift's 2Q Profits, Revenues Rise • Truckers Told to Avoid Boston During Convention • Oshkosh to Purchase Majority Stake in Two Italian Companies • Tolls to Rise on Kansas Turnpike • And more...

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