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NEW YORK — Two major less-than-truckload carriers told investors here Friday they were eager to haul freight that once moved by Consolidated Freightways, but only if they were well paid for it.

WASHINGTON — President Bush has requested $20 million from Congress to pay for the American Trucking Associations-led trucking industry anti-terrorism program in fiscal 2003.

U.S. wholesale inventories rose 0.6% in July, led by increases in cars, machinery and clothing, the Commerce Department said Monday..

On the road, driver Tim Brady travels with an array of sophisticated communications and computing technology.

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The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.8 cent to $1.396 a gallon, its fourth straight weekly increase, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

Congress should not allow the performance of critical highway corridors to continue to deteriorate, the Senate subcommittees on surface transportation and infrastructure were told Monday.

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A federal court on Friday rejected a bid by two makers of heavy-duty truck engines to overturn part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to require lower-emission engines as of Oct. 1, and engine maker Caterpillar Inc. announced its first layoffs related to that issue.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.7% in August – the lowest level since March, the Department of Labor said Friday.