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This summer’s relentless heat wave throughout much of the United States is taking a toll on motor carriers, as executives told Transport Topics of multiple problems, including a spike in tire blowouts.

American Trucking Associations last week unveiled several spotlight events of its 2012 Management Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for Oct. 7-10 in Las Vegas.

U.S. retail diesel and gasoline prices rose for the fourth straight week, the Department of Energy reported, although the rate of the increases slowed.

Oil jumped by more than $4 Friday, the biggest gain in a month, following a report that more U.S. jobs were created in July than economists had expected, Bloomberg reported.

U.S. payrolls jumped by 163,000 in July and trucking jobs rose by more than 3,000, the Labor Department said Friday.

American Trucking Associations said Friday it is seeking nominations for its sixth annual Mike Russell “Good stuff” Trucking Image Award.

An index of the U.S. economy’s service sector improved in July, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.1% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Navistar International Corp. said Thursday it will begin offering 15-liter Cummins engines in some of its International brand trucks and will incorporate Cummins’ urea-based aftertreatment into its MaxxForce engines.