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A new survey found 51.4% of carriers are considering natural gas-fueled trucks when buying new vehicles, according to Transport Capital Partners and ACT Research.

Natso, the truck stop operator association, has rejected a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit alleging that Visa, MasterCard and national banks colluded to set artificially high swipe fees, the association said Monday.

Göran Nyberg has been appointed president of Volvo Trucks, North American sales and marketing, effective Oct. 1.

The average U.S. pump price of diesel exhaust fluid rose 7 cents to $2.77 a gallon in August from July, Integer Research reported.

The Federal Highway Administration has released $3.5 million to help repair Louisiana highways damaged by Hurricane Isaac.

Trucking and logistics management provider Descartes Systems Group’s second-quarter net income fell from a year ago.

U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, from 8.3% a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday.

During their recent presidential nominating conventions, Republicans and Democrats both took credit in their official party platforms for the two-year transportation reauthorization bill passed by Congress and signed by President Obama in July.

The political bickering that has engulfed much of the federal government over the past months and months is apparently weighing heavily on the nation’s economy.