The national average price of diesel fuel fell another 3.3 cents to $2.186 a gallon, while gasoline rose for the sixth time in seven weeks, Energy Department said.
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Producer Price Index Rises 0.8%
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.8% in January, the largest gain in six months, the Labor Department said Thursday.
February 19, 2009Trucking’s Growing Job Losses
Trucking suffered the greatest loss of jobs in history during January, excluding the month of the national drivers’ strike in 1994.
February 19, 2009Import Prices Fall for Sixth Straight Month
The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a sixth straight month in January on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
February 18, 2009Housing Starts Plunge to New Low
New housing starts fell to a record low in January, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
February 18, 2009Hearing to Come on Calif. Emissions Waiver
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.
February 17, 2009New York Factory Index Drops to Record Low
Manufacturing growth in New York state contracted this month at the fastest pace on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
February 17, 2009Test Drive Helps Kenworth Refine Its New Truck, Trailer Designs
RENTON, Wash. — In the struggle to squeeze a few more miles out of each tank of fuel, truck makers are designing tractors with the aid of computer models and wind tunnels more generally used to tweak race cars or airplanes.
February 16, 2009Supplier Groups Explore Aid to Sustain Vehicle Production
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association and Original Equipment Suppliers Associations are discussing the plight of the automobile industry with President Obama’s administration, the Treasury Department and members of Congress as the federal government advances plans to disburse funds from emergency financial relief legislation approved last year.
February 16, 2009Consumer Confidence Index Declines
U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s final monthly consumer sentiment index released Thursday.
February 12, 2009