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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The chairman of the nation's largest online job-matching service said Monster.com will make significant changes to a controversial television commercial that drew sharp criticism from the trucking industry and a top federal trucking regulator.

Roadway Express driver Ulysses "Uly" Bell Jr. pulled out of an Alexandria, Va., terminal last week with a set of doubles and a very important passenger.

The federal government is expected to require an in-cab warning system for new commercial trucks that alerts the driver when air pressure falls critically low in a tire, according to tire and trucking industry officials.

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Managing tire wear is going high tech. The rubber on the pavement is typically a fleet's first- or second-largest maintenance cost, and proper inflation is considered essential to getting the most life out of truck tires. But keeping tire pressures within tolerances is one of the most vexing jobs in maintenance.

The national average price of a gallon of diesel fuel skyrocketed 12 cents in the past week to $1.662, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States jumped another 5 cents in the federal government’s latest survey, pushing the average to its highest level since December 2000.

As a nation, and an industry, we pay a lot of lip service to education.

Productivity in the United States fell in the final three months of 2002, the first decline since the second quarter of 2001, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

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