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Oil prices continued to fall Wednesday, dropping under $68 a barrel a day after closing below $70 for the first time in eight months, Bloomberg reported.

The consumer price index fell for the first time in more than a year, declining 0.1% in April, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

If you could make only one equipment-related investment for your warehouse this year, what might it be?

American Trucking Associations is reminding people during this week’s National Transportation Week that trucks deliver the essentials that they need every day.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking that its federal government abandon a plan to adopt a 2% biodiesel mandate for all diesel fuel sold in the country.

Penske Truck Leasing Co. said that it has ordered 750 new Freightliner Cascadia tractors and 600 VN670 tractors from Volvo Trucks North America, all with 2010 selective catalytic reduction emissions technology, partially because of growing freight demand.

Trailer Bridge Inc. lost $308,000, or 3 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with a loss of $768,000, or 6 cents, a year ago.

Housing starts rose in April to the highest level in a year and a half, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Prices paid to U.S. producers increased 0.1% in April, the Labor Department said Tuesday.