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The U.S. average diesel price took a break last week from its dizzying climb, dipping 1.6 cents a gallon to $4.707, the Department of Energy reported.

Crude oil jumped by a single-day record of more than $10 Friday close at a record $138.54 a barrel, marking an almost $16 increase over two days.

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 5.5% in May, from 5% in April, the biggest jump in 22 years, the Labor Department said Friday.

Global Positioning System location-finding and navigation services are generating increasing revenue as the satellite-based technology is embedded in a wider range of mobile devices, according to a report from the European firm ABI Research.

The Port of Long Beach, Calif., has approved the final details of its terms required for truckers to register for the port’s new clean trucks program, scheduled to begin Oct. 1.

Saudi Arabia plans to call for a summit between oil-producing and consuming nations to discuss soaring crude prices, the Associated Press reported Monday.

Teamsters union members employed at car hauler Performance Transportation Services went on strike against the company Monday to enforce the union’s bargaining table demands, the union said.

Two bills circulating in Congress would eliminate a loophole that permits foreign producers of biodiesel to get a tax credit if they “splash” their product with petroleum-based diesel in the United States and then sell it overseas.

Canadian transportation firm Mullen Group Income Fund said Thursday it would buy the transport unit of Essential Energy Services Trust for C$135 million.