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The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its September consumer confidence index hit a 10-month low, falling to 93.3 from a revised reading of 94.5 in August.

The chairman and chief executive officer of less-than-truckload giant Roadway Corp. said Tuesday that through the end of the company’s fiscal third quarter on Sept. 7, he had “not seen any noticeable uptick” in the economy.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. We've been here before, and it doesn't feel much better this time around, but the latest economic indicators were at best a mixed bag for a trucking industry needing freight.

The price of diesel fuel rose 0.3 cent per gallon last week, its sixth straight increase, to $1.417, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

The Conference Board said its index of leading economic indicators fell by 0.2% in August, marking the third straight monthly drop.

Sales of heavy-duty trucks jumped 23.1% in August from a year earlier, as fleets continued to buy up trucks with current-model engines before new federally mandated emissions standards take effect Oct. 1.

Technology companies tried to convince a House subcommittee to fund projects they said would allow more traffic to use existing highways, but several members of Congress at a recent hearing said they were skeptical.

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As part of a plan to expand its truck operations in Asia, DaimlerChrysler AG said Friday it has agreed to pay $1.14 billion for stakes in the truck divisions of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co., Bloomberg reported.