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GE Transportation said it will acquire transportation software provider RMI from New York private equity firm Carlyle Group for an undisclosed sum.

NavStar Technologies, a start-up company making electronic onboard recorders, has signed an agreement with Trinity Noble to add cellphone detection to its hardware and services.

Independent engine maker Cummins Inc. said it would invest $24 million over three years to expand its Cummins Technical Center research facility in North Charleston, S.C.

Daimler Trucks North America said it has delivered its 1,000th truck powered by natural gas and added it was the first commercial vehicle manufacturer to reach that mark.

The slogans on signs held by opponents of the cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement have included statements such as “Nafta Kills!”

There is every reason to believe that 2012 will be a good year for the trucking industry, based on what’s happened so far this year and on reasonably strong U.S. economic growth projections.

Your Oct. 31 “Analysis” from The Associated Press, which was headlined “Small Business Tax Deduction to Shrink, Showing Importance of Year-End Planning” (p. 7), stated: “The maximum that can be deducted under the two deductions combined is $2 million.”

Southern California Gas Co. plans to add about 1,000 new natural-gas-powered trucks to its fleet over the next five years.

ATLANTA — Shippers and brokers say they anticipate freight perils ahead in 2012, with a looming lack of truck capacity that could be exacerbated by a possible reduction in drivers’ allowable hours, according to comments during a recent industry event here.