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The medium-duty truck market in the United States may not rack up sales numbers as large as the heavy-duty, Class 8 category, but it has the attention of Japanese truck makers.

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All new diesel trucks sold in California and 13 other states may soon be required to meet tough smog standards for 2005 and 2006, state officials said.

Diesel fuel prices jumped 2.4 cents per gallon last week, reversing four weeks of decline.

People with large incomes usually do not want to settle for small packages. They want big screen televisions, elaborate home office systems, complicated exercise machines and sprawling furniture.

While Deutsche Post, the German postal service, burst into the world of privatization with a $5.6 billion initial public offering last week, some observers say American carriers and international logistics companies do not have much to fear from the competition.

Many truck drivers with insulin-dependent diabetes could safely operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce, according to a panel of physicians who are experts in the treatment of condition.

Freightliner Corp. has introduced its new, conventional Class 8 truck, Coronado, in hopes of attracting a bigger share of the owner-operator market.