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Dana Corp., the No. 2 manufacturer of heavy-duty axles worldwide, said it has reorganized its heavy-truck division, to develop products more efficiently and to introduce them faster.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Motor sports fans may soon be cheering for Peterbilts and Freightliners instead of Dodges and Chevys, if a new group unveiled at the Mid-America Trucking Show has anything to say about it.

Oklahoma’s turnpike toll increases, which went into effect Jan. 1, were meant to pay off the bonds for 50 miles of turnpike extensions. That payoff may take a little longer than expected, however, because trucks are avoiding the turnpikes to avoid paying 25% to 30% more in tolls.

Officials from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office and U.S. Department of Transportation had a “good meeting” with their Mexican counterparts March 22 in Mexico City, and laid plans to open the border to Mexican trucks by the end of 2001.

In a report that suggests the once red-hot housing market may be softening further as the economy continues to lose steam, new home sales fell 2.4% in February, the Commerce Department said.

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Tire manufacturers are pushing for a simplified way to calculate the federal excise taxes due on truck tires without causing a loss to the U.S. Treasury.

When the Federal Reserve cut U.S. interest rates half a percentage point last week, setting off a new downward spiral for the stock market, the problem was not just that the Fed had disappointed widespread hopes for a bigger rate cut.