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FedEx Authorized to Repurchase 5 Million Shares • Heartland's 2Q Earnings Improve • Texas Begins Cleaning Up From Claudette • Freight Payment Firm Audipac Closes • And more...

Retail sales in the United States rose 0.5% in June to $310.4 billion, the best showing in three months, following no change in May, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

The average price of diesel fuel in the United States increased 0.7 cent to $1.435 per gallon last week, the Department of Energy reported Monday. br clear=all>

Hurricane Claudette Batters Texas Coast • CEO Dasburg Completes Takeover of DHL • Greenspan: Fed Ready to Cut Rates If Needed • Judge Orders Monitoring of Strike at Indiana Trucking Company • And more...

A chapter ended at Transport Topics last week with the departure of longtime editor and reporter Thomas M. Strah, who embarked on a sabbatical that will include extensive travel and study abroad.

The National Private Truck Council is poised to launch an online, interactive program that for the first time will enable member companies to compare their fleet safety performance with that of their peers.

TMI, All American Travel Plazas in Scanning Deal • Fuel Cells May Be Used to Power Cell Phones • NWA Cargo Offers New Services on Web Site • Transport Topics Corrects iTECH Calendar

Manufacturers of light- and medium-duty vehicles will have to provide emissions-component repair information to independent repair organizations, the Environmental Protection Agency said June 27.

DOT Selects Carriers for Hong Kong Cargo Service • Lundberg: Gasoline Prices Rise More Than a Penny • Truck Ban on Maine Bridge Could Be Permanent • Mitsubishi Fuso Recalling Almost 15,000 Trucks • And more...