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The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose at the fastest pace in 14 months, ISM said Monday.

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises said late Monday it has become a validated member in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or C-TPAT, federal cross-border trade program.

DaimlerChrysler will delay its full second-quarter earnings report by a month this summer due to the company’s pending sale of its Chrysler unit, Bloomberg reported Monday.

The U.S. Transportation Department believes that California’s plan to enact a program to cut global-warming emissions from vehicles is a state-level fuel-economy rule, Bloomberg reported.

The votes are in, and it’s clear that while federal referees believe that the SafeStat carrier-safety scoring program has been improved in recent times, they agree that it’s not yet ready for prime time.

Despite discounts and incentives on new trucks that have narrowed the price gap between them and previous versions, dealers say that few of the models with 2007 engines are selling.