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Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. reported a first-quarter loss was $6.4 million, or 21 cents a share, compared with a profit of $1 million, or 3 cents, a year ago.

Consumer confidence fell to a five-year low this month, the New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday.

Oil companies BP and Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s two biggest oil producers, posted combined first-quarter profits of almost $17 billion, while a key OPEC official said oil could reach $200 a barrel, news services reported Tuesday.

Beiqi Foton Motor Co., China’s biggest maker of commercial vehicles, reported a jump in its first-quarter profit, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

FleetPride Inc., an independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, said Monday it has finalized its acquisition of Keller Truck Parts.

Truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services will put trailer-tracking units made by SkyBitz on its North American trailer fleet, the two said Monday.

Swedish truck maker Scania AB’s first-quarter net income rose 21% to about $420 million, or 52 cents a share, from about $350 million, or 44 cents, last year, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The federal government has offered Los Angeles County $213 million to convert carpool lanes to special, congestion-pricing toll lanes on three freeways, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Hundreds of truck drivers descended on Washington Monday to protest high diesel prices, WRC-4 television reported on its Web site.

The Montana Department of Transportation is exploring whether the state can impose limits on large-truck traffic on state Highway 35, the Associated Press reported.