Navistar International Corp. last week reported net income for its fiscal second quarter jumped 72% and predicted sharp increases in production, sales and profits during the second half of the year.

Navistar International Corp. named Rudi von Meister to head the company’s operations in China.

Navistar International Corp. said Tuesday its fiscal second-quarter profit rose from a year ago as its truck segment’s sales improved.

Truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. has taken a new tack in its drive to offer new motors, joining a company that had developed a radical design that it says offers fuel efficiency and weight improvements.

Truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. said it has won regulatory approval for its 15-liter power plant, which it will unveil later this month at the Mid-America Trucking Show, and that it has submitted documents to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board for a 13-liter engine that meets nitrogen oxide limits without the use of emission credits.

Navistar International Corp. Wednesday reported a loss for its fiscal first quarter but said the period was profitable excluding integration costs.

Due to a production error, Navistar’s ad in this week’s print edition, entitled “The Customer-Friendly Emissions Solution,” failed to print properly. As a result, much of the text on Page 3 is missing. We will be printing a corrected version of the ad in the March 14 edition.

Navistar International Corp. has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International to help commercialize the engine maker’s “opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder” engine technology.

An executive with Navistar Inc. said the company has received orders for nearly 50,000 International trucks with its 2010-compliant MaxxForce engines and already has shipped 26,000 of them to customers.

Navistar International Corp. boosted its profit forecast, saying it would earn $388 million to $465 million, or $5 to $6 per share, excluding some items, for its fiscal year that ends Oct. 31.