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Prices paid to U.S. producers increased 0.1% in April, the Labor Department said Tuesday.

Housing starts rose in April to the highest level in a year and a half, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Trailer Bridge Inc. lost $308,000, or 3 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with a loss of $768,000, or 6 cents, a year ago.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance is asking that its federal government abandon a plan to adopt a 2% biodiesel mandate for all diesel fuel sold in the country.

Manufacturing activity in the New York region rose for the 10th consecutive month in May but expanded at a slower rate than April, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.

General Motors Co. said Monday it earned $865 million in the first quarter, its first quarterly profit since 2007.

Penske Truck Leasing Co. said that it has ordered 750 new Freightliner Cascadia tractors and 600 VN670 tractors from Volvo Trucks North America, all with 2010 selective catalytic reduction emissions technology, partially because of growing freight demand.

Agents of the California Air Resources Board have fanned out to ticket truck operators who fail to comply with the state’s complicated schedule for reducing emissions from the small diesel engines that power transport refrigeration.