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LAS VEGAS -- An Environmental Protection Agency requirement that heavy-duty diesel engines emit 38% less nitrogen oxides than current models has produced the biggest “buzz” at the annual meeting of the American Truck Dealers, an ATD official said Monday.

U.S. industrial production for factories, mines and utilities rose 0.7% in March, the largest gain since May 2000, a report by the Federal Reserve showed Tuesday..

Led by a surge in energy costs, U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in March, which was less than Wall Street analysts had been expecting, news services said..

UPS, Teamsters Restart Talks • Navistar Creates Office of Chairman, Promotes Two • Strike Paralyzes Most of Italy • P.A.M. Sees Increase in Profits, Revenues • And more...

For the second consecutive year, an International Truck dealer has earned the distinction of being the nation’s top truck dealer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A group of component manufacturers has adapted a new technology that lets drivers monitor the condition of their brakes and send other safety and performance information from a trailer to the dashboard.

Political flare-ups in South America and the Middle East are combining to push oil prices higher, and could keep prices rising throughout the spring and summer driving months, news services said.

Business inventories and business sales both dipped in February, the Commerce Department reported Monday. It was the 13th consecutive month of decline for inventories, the report said.

Shippers Making Plans in Case of Dock Strike • W.Va. Task Force to Tackle Coal Truck Dispute • Arctic Drilling Plan Seen Unlikely to Pass • OPEC May Boost Output in ’02 on Rebound • And more...

Breaking a six-week upward trend, the national average price of diesel slipped 0.3 cent per gallon last week to $1.320, the Department of Energy reported.