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Complex federal regulation of diesel-engine emissions and driver hours-of-service is pushing more private fleets to increase their use of leased trucks, industry observers said, and leasing executives said they anticipate even better business when the 2007 round of emissions regulation gets under way.

Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Favor of Border Agents • Arizona Completes Security Improvements at Border • Three Virginia Ports Add Surveillance System • Ohio Highway Sniper Investigation Cost $3 Million • And more...

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The Conference Board said Tuesday its consumer confidence index for March was 88.3, down slightly from a revised reading of 88.5 in February.

The average retail price of diesel fuel rose 0.1 cent to $1.642, the Department of Energy reported Monday, while the average price of regular gasoline rose 1.5 cents to a record $1.758. br clear=all>

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A long-term boom in Class 8 truck sales is under way and likely to last into 2006, said several manufacturers exhibiting here at the nation’s largest truck show, but the extent depends on how well component suppliers adjust to truck and engine makers’ rising production rates.

Construction workers in Connecticut worked overtime to open the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 on Sunday, three days after a fire from an accident closed the road in both directions.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Diesel Engine Emissions Summit II showed just how quickly the trucking industry has learned how to live with the new federal laws governing heavy-duty diesel engine emissions. And with that knowledge, the attendees were shown, comes possible leverage.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — FedEx Freight will test engines from every major manufacturer before 2007, even as it continues to work out the kinks in current engine models, said Dennis Beal, vice president of physical assets for the less-than-truckload carrier.