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Truckload carrier Transport Corp. of America Inc. reported Tuesday its first-quarter earnings were $94,000 or 1 cent a share, compared with $71,000 or 1 cent the year before.

The Conference Board said Tuesday its index of U.S. consumer confidence declined to 97.7 in April from a revised 103 in March.

The number of new home sales exceeded expectations, rising 12.2% to a record high annual rate of 1.431 million, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The oversight board of the New York Thruway voted to raise tolls on the highway for the first time since 1988 as part of a $2.6 billion highway improvement program, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

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Volvo AB, Europe’s largest truck maker, said Monday its first-quarter income rose by a third as trucking companies in North America and Asia continued strong demand, Bloomberg reported.

Qualcomm Inc. said Monday that it will have a new hours-of-service tracking device ready to add to its OmniTracs mobile communications systems starting this summer.

Navistar International Corp. said Monday it had adjusted its earnings downward for its first quarter ended Jan. 31 to $18 million or 24 cents a share, from a previously reported $20 million or 27 cents.

Arkansas Best Corp., parent of less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight System, said Monday it earned $10.5 million or 41 cents a share in the first quarter, up from $4.5 million or 18 cents last year.

Flatbed carrier Smithway Motor Xpress Corp. reported Monday that its first-quarter net income rose to $503,000 or 10 cents a share, from $335,000 or 7 cents a year earlier.