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The national average price of diesel fuel declined 1.7 cents per gallon to $1.471, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

South Carolina City Installs GPS on Garbage Trucks • Highway Ads Get High-Tech Makeover • XM Raises Funds for Backup Satellite

Appeals Court Halts California Recall Vote • ew York Factory Index Rises in September • Gasoline Prices Remain Steady, Lundberg Says • Fed Not Expected to Change Interest Rates • And more...

Sales at retailers rose 0.6% in August, but that was significantly less than economists were expecting, news services reported. .

The producer price index, which tracks payments to factories, farmers and other producers, rose 0.4% in August on higher costs for energy and good, the Labor Department reported Friday..

FedEx, UPS Awarded New Hong Kong Cargo Flights • Mineta Urges Passage of Transportation Reauthorization Bill • Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index Falls • Economists Predicting Strong Second Half of Year • And more...

CINCINNATI — A new electronic format to simplify and speed up trucking fleets’ warranty claims to their suppliers could be in place as early as next year, industry representatives said this week.

CINCINNATI — The Technology and Maintenance Council is studying what can be done to decrease corrosion on trucks and trailers caused by ice-clearing and dust-settling chemicals on highways.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment insurance in the week ended Sept. 6 rose to the highest level in two months, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The Bush administration has asked for the Supreme Court's help in a fight over allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roadways, the Associated Press reported.