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Two years after truckers won a decade-long battle to win new federally mandated chassis-safety rules, broad disagreement about the effect of those changes remains, marketplace confusion reigns and operational issues are unresolved, according to trucking officials and consultants.

The average price of a gallon retail diesel fuel rose 2.4 cents a gallon last week to $3.923, the second straight weekly increase, according to the Department of Energy.

YRC Worldwide said late Friday it has completed the financial restructuring plan it first announced in April, completing the last remaining milestones.

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit jumped 44% on higher sales, despite extra expenses from the company's acquisition of Bucyrus.

YRC Worldwide said Friday it lost $39 million, or 81 cents per share, in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $10 million, or 24 cents, a year ago.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Thursday designated successors for three members of its management team who plan to retire by the end of this year.

Chainalytics LLC, a supply chain and consulting firm based in Atlanta, said July 14 it had acquired crosstown counterpart Chainnovations LLC for an undisclosed sum.

Pilot Freight Services, a transportation and logistics services provider, said that it has opened its first European location in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

New York City is hoping to ease midtown Manhattan traffic congestion with new technology that will track the flow of vehicles and allow engineers to control traffic lights in real time, the Associated Press reported.