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U.S. industrial production edged up 0.1% in January, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

U.S. consumer confidence fell this month, reaching a 16-year low, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index, released Friday.

Manufacturing growth in New York state contracted in February, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday.

The price of goods imported to the United States rose 1.7% in January, the Labor Department said Friday.

Deutsche Post AG Chief Executive Officer Klaus Zumwinkel will step down from the position he has held for 18 years after German prosecutors announced he was under investigation for tax evasion, Bloomberg reported Friday.

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CHICAGO — International Truck and Engine Corp. jumped into the high-end owner-operator market with a stunningly designed vehicle the company promises will be as aerodynamic and fuel-efficient as it is eye-catching.

Risks associated with public-private highway partnership agreements range from higher tolls and traffic diversion to stiff political opposition and potential tax losses, according to a new government study.

Teamsters union members voted 2-to-1 to ratify a new five-year National Master Freight Agreement with major less-than-truckload carriers that trucking industry executives said gives unionized companies new flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions.

Class 8 truck sales plummeted 48.3% in January, compared with totals from a year ago, as dealers moved only 9,600 vehicles, the lowest number since the depths of the previous sales collapse, in 2003, according to data from WardsAuto.com.