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Wal-Mart Stores is seeking to take over its U.S. transportation services from suppliers in an effort to reduce the cost of hauling goods, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, said last week that the United States and his nation would solve the countries’ ongoing trade dispute caused by the closure of the southern border to longhaul truck traffic.

The Obama administration was set last week to outline a path to national fuel-economy standards for large trucks, bringing industry and government officials to the White House to announce a plan that could aim at driving habits as well as equipment changes to reduce fuel use.

The American Transportation Research Institute released an analysis that found that the majority of commercial vehicle crashes occur during the first eight hours of driving.

An index of leading economic indicators dipped 0.1% in April, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.

The ongoing dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over cross-border trucking is expected to be on the agenda when leaders of the two countries meet Wednesday in Washington.

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.

For the first time since its founding nearly a century ago, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is seeking private investors to help it replace one of its facilities  — the aged Goethals Bridge that connects the New Jersey Turnpike to Staten Island and other points in New York.

President Obama will nominate FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to head the Transportation Security Administration, the White House said Monday.