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The price of crude oil rose for the third time in the last four days, Bloomberg reported, ahead of a report by the Department of Energy Wednesday that traders expect to show declines in U.S. supplies of fuel.

Inventory Reports Send Crude to 12-Year High • Canada Revises Transportation Regulations • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Post Improved 2002 •

St. Paul Cos., a leading provider of commercial property and liability insurance to the trucking industry, has shifted the focus of its business to emphasize higher deductible policies for large trucking companies, according to several insurance industry sources.

DOT Agencies to Move to DHS • U.S. Businesses Not Buying Terror Insurance, Paper Says • U.S. Airlines Want 'Tax Holiday,' Security Aid in Event of War •

U.S. consumer confidence in the economy fell to its lowest point since October 1993, the Conference Board said Tuesday. The board's consumer confidence index fell to 64.0 from 78.8 in January.

In 1985, Tom Kirchner of Norrenberns Truck Service in Nashville, Ill., bought 140 acres adjacent to Interstate 64 as a site for his expanding regional trucking business.

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The national average price of diesel fuel rose 0.5 cent a gallon in past week, continuing to build on the record high it set the previous week, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The drive to "electrify" truck stops and cut big rig idling is gaining momentum after lying dormant in 2002, with the federal government funding projects and private business taking the plunge, according to several sources in the trucking industry.

States facing record budget shortfalls are eyeing ways to boost revenues that could adversely affect trucking companies' bottom lines. Revenue-enhancing measures proposed include eliminating sales tax exemptions, increasing fees and taking money from funds covering highway improvements.