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<?xml:namespace prefix = o />Consumer confidence rose in March but remained near a record low, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance told a government panel Monday it supports an amendment to the country’s Customs Act that would take some responsibility for shipments entering Canada from carriers and put it on other parties in the supply chain.

The second major snowstorm in a week hit the Northern Plains with more than a foot of snow Monday, closing hundreds of miles of major highways and causing major collisions, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

In a matter of hours following a demand by the Obama administration, Chrysler LLC said Monday it has agreement to form a “global alliance” with Italian auto maker Fiat, news services reported.

For as long as there has been a trucking industry, fleet equipment and maintenance executives have complained that dealer service operations bills are too high and fail to provide accurate and timely estimates and vehicle repairs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two manufacturers of lighting products for trucks moved in different directions at the Mid-America Trucking Show here, with Truck Lite rolling out round, white LED headlamps and Grote Industries offering thousands of tiny points of colored light. Both debuted March 18.

The Obama administration forced General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner to resign after a task force decided he was unable to craft a plan to save the automaker, Bloomberg reported Monday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two manufacturers of lighting products for trucks moved in different directions at the Mid-America Trucking Show here, with Truck Lite rolling out round, white LED headlamps and Grote Industries offering thousands of tiny points of colored light. Both debuted March 18.

American Trucking Associations is reorganizing its Safety & Loss Prevention Management Council and Security Council to form two new councils.

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked that an emissions control area be created along the United States’ coastline to reduce what officials say are harmful emissions from ships.