After falling by less than a penny in each of the past two weeks, the national average price of diesel fuel jumped 11.4 cents Monday to $2.79 a gallon, the Energy Department reported.
April 3, 2007GovernmentBusinessFuelAutonomous
Crude Prices Ease After Iran Says It Will Release British Sailors
Crude oil futures prices declined Wednesday after Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he will release 15 captured British sailors, news services reported.
April 4, 2007BusinessGovernmentAutonomous
Bush Threatens to Veto Bill Delaying Border Opening
Congress and the Bush administration clashed last week over a proposal to allow Mexican trucks into the United States in a year-long pilot project, with the Senate passing a series of restrictions to the plan and a pair of bills being introduced in the House aimed at stopping it.
April 3, 2007BusinessFuelGovernmentSafety
Kitty Hawk’s 4Q Earnings Increase
Air freight and cargo company Kitty Hawk Inc. said Tuesday it earned $8.3 million or 15 cents a share in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $4.1 million or 8 cents a year earlier.
April 3, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyEquipment
Strike Continues at Cummins Crosspoint
Negotiations between Teamsters and a distributor for diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. continued Tuesday, two days after workers at a West Virginia facility went on strike, the Associated Press reported.
April 3, 2007BusinessFuelGovernmentSafety
Air Cargo Shipments Dip 0.6%
Air cargo shipments inched up 0.6% in February, the Air Transport Association said late Monday.
April 3, 2007BusinessSafetyGovernment
Opinion: Accidents Happen: Prepare Your Drivers
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April 3, 2007BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
Supreme Court Calls for Review of Greenhouse Gas Rules
The Supreme Court Monday ordered the federal government to take a new look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, in a rebuke to the Bush administration’s policy on global warming, the Associated Press reported.
April 2, 2007