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FedEx Corp. said Friday the Department of Transportation had ordered the company to repay $29 million of the funds its air freight unit, FedEx Express, received under the 2001 Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.

Retail sales in the United States rose 0.2% in October, while sales excluding motor vehicles posted the biggest jump since May.

Truckload carriers said driver pay increases and inability to recoup sharply rising fuel costs tempered their profits during the third quarter, even as they pushed profits sharply higher amid strong freight volumes and tight capacity.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed expanding the types of information that can be used to verify drivers’ hours-of-service logs to include electronic data, the agency said last week.

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Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index Rises in October • Business Inventories Rise 0.1% in September • Groups Condemn Proposal by Canadian Trucking Alliance • Shortage of Drivers Leads to Delays in Montana • And more...

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative agreement with DaimlerChrysler AG's Detroit Diesel Corp. on Wednesday, ending a brief strike by more than 1,300 workers, news services reported.

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Boston's 'Big Dig' Project Suffering From Leaks • Delphi Delays Earnings Report Due to SEC Probe • Freight Railroads Announce Cooperative Agreement • Report: Revenues Increasing for Many Canadian Trucking Firms • And more...

The Transportation Security Administration issued a proposed rule Wednesday and would soon issue a interim final rule implementing several aspects of the background check requirements for drivers with hazardous materials endorsements, American Trucking Associations said.