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Robert Digges Jr., vice president and chief counsel for American Trucking Associations and a top attorney for ATA’s Litigation Center, is retiring from his post effective Jan. 27, ATA announced last week.

FedEx Corp. and UPS Inc. could see more business if the U.S. Postal Service closes more than half of its 478 processing centers, eliminates Saturday deliveries and slows first-class delivery to two to three days from one to two days, said sources who closely monitor postal cargo operations.

The Surface Transportation Board has revised a year-old decision that was meant to enhance consumer awareness of damage-protection options when they use household goods carriers.

Retail diesel prices increased for the second week in a row, rising 2.6 cents to $3.854 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported last week.

Existing home sales rose 5% for a third straight increase in December, reaching the highest level since January, the National Association of Realtors said.

Oil fell under $100 a barrel Friday, the third straight daily decline, on signs that China’s manufacturing was declining and European economic growth slowed, Bloomberg reported.

Manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region expanded at a faster pace in January, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said.

A federal judge rejected a request by Navistar Inc. to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recall all 2010 trucks with selective catalytic reduction engines.