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Component maker Dana Holding Corp. said its third-quarter income more than doubled on higher sales, and the company boosted its full-year earnings outlook.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. said its third-quarter earnings fell to $17 million, or 27 cents a share, from $45 million, or 71 cents, a year ago.

Oil slipped in early trading Monday after its biggest monthly gain in two years, falling to near $92 a barrel, Bloomberg reported.

The average price of retail diesel in the United States rose 2.4 cents a gallon to $3.825 last week, the second straight increase after five weekly declines, the Department of Energy reported.

Earnings reports and comments about the current quarter from publicly traded freight-related companies are signaling continued industry strength.

UPS Inc. last week said strong results in its less-than-truckload unit, where revenue rose 15%, helped the company to report a 5.1% increase in third-quarter net income to $1.04 billion.

A bipartisan group of four key U.S. senators last week set a date to begin working on a two-year surface transportation spending measure to replace the one that expired in 2009.

American Trucking Associations said it has reached agreement on a three-year contract extension with Bill Graves, which will keep him president of the federation through 2014.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — One of the most effective ways for motor carriers to have more effect on the federal rulemaking process is to collaborate with agencies on research that yields valuable data, officials said.