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Truckload carrier Celadon Group’s fiscal third-quarter net income fell to $149,000, or 1 cent per share, compared with $3.9 million, or 17 cents, a year ago.

Crude oil prices fell for the first time in four days Wednesday, a day after setting a closing-price record of more than $119 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

I am interested in the feedback on fuel prices displayed in “Letters to the Editor.” Unfortunately, most of the letters did not focus on two salient facts affecting the price of oil. The first is the dismal exchange rate of the U.S. dollar versus the euro, and the second is world demand for petroleum products.

The federal government’s Transportation Workers Identification Credential enrollment began Wednesday at three U.S. ports: Chattanooga, Tenn.; LaPorte, Texas; and Portsmouth, N.H.

Canada Post Corp. and FedEx Express Canada have developed a new priority worldwide international express service, the two said Wednesday.

Arkansas Best Corp.’s first-quarter profit jumped 78% to $8.5 million, or 34 cents a share, from $4.8 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier.

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill that would require law enforcement to provide a 5% overweight “tolerance” for most trucks on non-interstate roads.

Eastern freight railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. said its first-quarter profit rose 2%, as higher revenue per shipment offset an overall drop in traffic and record fuel prices.