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Inventories of unsold goods rose 0.2% in June, as stockpiles of cars and clothing grew, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

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Virginia handed back a controversial plan to build truck-only toll lanes on Interstate 81 to the project’s architects, saying it wants to take a broader look at the highway’s needs and the procedures for considering such proposals.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.As summer progresses, trucking companies turn their thoughts toward the fall and the economic outlook of their second-largest expense, diesel fuel. Concerns always include anticipation of the colder winter months and a seasonal climb in diesel prices.

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rates unchanged after its meeting Tuesday, but it did sound an alarm about the current state of an economic recovery that is becoming increasingly fragile.

A number of trucking industry figures, as well as a leading supplier and representatives of trucking’s customer groups, were taking part Tuesday in the President’s Economic Forum at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Retail sales in July were 1.2% above the June total, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, but auto and gasoline sales accounted for all of the increase.

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The average price of diesel fuel across the nation fell 0.1 cent per gallon to $1.303 last week, the Department of Energy said Monday.

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