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Wholesale inventories fell for the eighth consecutive month in January, slipping 0.2%, a government report released Monday said.

The United States, and the trucking industry, have seen profound changes in the six months since four hijacked jetliners slammed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., and an open field in Pennsylvania.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Caterpillar Inc. plans to submit a full line of modified heavy-duty truck engines for Environmental Protection Agency certification in April and sale in October, although they just partially comply with an EPA mandate.

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Retail sales of Class 8 trucks were down 27.3% in January compared with the same month in 2001 as demand for trucking services remained flat amid a weak economy..

For the fourth time in the past five weeks, the average price of diesel fuel increased, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

The U.S. economy added jobs in February for the first time since July, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5% from 5.6% in January, the Labor Department reported Friday.

By virtue of having almost 7,700 fewer competitors to outmaneuver than they did two years ago, many large truckload carriers reported better earnings at the end of 2001 than at the same time in 2000.

Despite signs of a strengthening economy, several medium-duty truck manufacturing executives said they expect the midrange commercial truck market to remain in the doldrums this year with sales comparable to 2001, perhaps even dropping slightly.

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