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FedEx Truckload Brokerage has expanded its coverage to many parts of Canada, the company said Monday.

A group of Senate Republicans want the Environmental Protection Agency to consider waiving ethanol production mandates, amid rising food prices, the Associated Press reported Monday.

The U.S. economy’s service showed expansion last month, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

The automobile industry is focusing on state lawmakers in an effort to head off any plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions similarly to California, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Competition among fuel-card providers to keep major fleets is intensifying as carriers seek to mitigate the $4-a-gallon cost of fuel by paying closer attention to how it’s purchased.

A report that truck tonnage declined in March provided new evidence that the U.S. economy is still weak, amid more signs that manufacturing and consumer spending will generate less freight for trucking to move in months to come.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The increasing complexity of diesel engines represents a major opportunity for profitability in dealership maintenance shops, said the departing chairman of American Truck Dealers.

U.S. retail diesel prices set a record for the third consecutive week as the national average rose 3.4 cents a gallon to $4.177, according to data from the Department of Energy.

Factory orders rose 1.4% in March, the Commerce Department said Friday.