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Zero-percent auto financing deals hit a record last month as carmakers kept the U.S. auto market from collapsing.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation recently began a construction project to extend state Route 76 as part of a regional highway development effort.

U.S. Steel Corp. expects to lay off about 2,700 employees as the virus forces the company to idle most of its blast furnaces.

Universal Logistics Holdings saw revenue increase but net income decline during a first quarter marked by what its leader described as a “deteriorating operating environment caused largely by the COVID-19 pandemic.”

A sense of optimism about the ability to fully implement automatic braking systems prior to a Dec. 31 deadline is shared by the country’s rail operators, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

Forward Air Corp. posted increased revenue but narrower net income for the first quarter of 2020, the company reported.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 1 announced that effective immediately it is making permanent a pilot program that will not count a crash in which a motor carrier was not at fault when calculating the carrier’s safety measurement profile. It also is expanding the types of crashes that may be considered.

TravelCenters of America Inc. announced a companywide reorganization intended to improve operational efficiency and profitability, including the appointment of Sandy Rapp as chief information officer.

WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing retreated again in April, a victim of economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.