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The Labor Department said Tuesday its producer price index rose 0.7% in March, and prices excluding food and energy rose just 0.1%.

Food retailer and wholesaler Supervalu Inc. reported Tuesday it earned $92.9 million or 65 cents a share for its 2005 fourth quarter ended Feb. 26, down from $95.6 million or 67 cents a share a year earlier.

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A federal appeals court delayed implementation of a pending Washington, D.C., city law banning hazardous materials shipments, the court said in documents filed Tuesday.

Goodyear North American Tire said it would raise the price of Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly commercial tires by up to 6%, effective May 15.

The Teamsters union said Saturday that the Port of Miami and one of its terminals had withdrawn a lawsuit against drivers at the port who had protested at the facility last summer over high fuel prices, shutting it down for two weeks.

Tire retreader Bandag Inc. reported earnings of $6 million or 30 cents a share for the first quarter, compared with $4 million or 20 cents a year ago.

Everyone who drives a truck glances frequently at the dashboard to check on speed, the fuel gauge and how vehicle systems are performing.

ArvinMeritor said that an April 7 International Trade Commission order based on a complaint by Eaton Corp. against was limited to patent infringements related to automated mechanical transmissions.

Once upon a time, citizen band radios were as much a part of the gear in a trucker’s rig as his Ray-Bans and coffee Thermos. Being without one on the road was unthinkable. A CB was a trucker’s lifeline to the outside world.