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The American Transportation Research Institute in a new report has identified the worst traffic bottlenecks affecting truckers around the country.

An index of leading economic indicators continued to rise in August, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

A Senate committee passed a measure that would permanently allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds on Maine and Vermont’s interstate highways.

The new Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans has opened, replacing the twin spans wrecked by Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast six years ago.

Computer Sciences Corp. said it has won a pair of operations and logistics contracts from the U.S. Postal Service. The seven-year pacts have an estimated value of $83 million.

Ryder System has launched a new lease program that offers private companies the option to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets.

Initial jobless claims decreased by 9,000 last week to 423,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

FedEx Corp.’s fiscal first-quarter improved from a year ago, but the company trimmed its full-year earnings forecast slightly on higher fuel costs and a moderate economic growth outlook.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The cost differential between natural gas powered trucks and their diesel versions is fast dissolving and will soon disappear, according to investor T. Boone Pickens.