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Save Room for the Truck

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New Yorkers are infatuated with sweetmobiles food trucks that zip around the city, loaded with crème brûlée, cookies, ice cream and freshly baked waffles.

With Drivers on Strike, Brooklyn Barely Notices

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The citywide concrete truck drivers’ strike hit the end of its first week on Tuesday, but most residents barely even noticed.

Charge Filed Against Chief of Truck Firm After Crash

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The president of a New Jersey company that owns the dump truck that crashed in Chinatown last week has been charged with unlicensed collection of trade waste.

Drivers’ Strike Stalls New York City Construction

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Most of New York City’s largest projects were hobbled by a strike by hundreds of cement-truck drivers.

Car Sales at 10-Year Low

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Sales of new vehicles plunged in June, as high gas prices and a weak economy kept consumers away from showrooms.

Be the Prius

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Motorists can drive smarter in response to high fuel prices.

Truck Was Unsafe, Crash Inquiry Finds

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The dump truck that crashed into a bus in Chinatown on Monday, killing one person and injuring four others, was not safe to drive, the authorities said.

Dow Chemical Raises Prices for Second Time in a Month

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Dow said that it was raising prices for the second time in a month, as well as introducing freight surcharges and reducing production to offset ever-rising energy costs.

Woman Is Killed When Truck Hits Bus in Chinatown

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Lai Ho, 57, of Brooklyn, was killed and four people were injured after a commercial dump truck rammed a parked bus on Canal Street.

In Hard Times, the Truck Stop Offers a Place to Pray

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To the Rev. Shannon Rust, a diesel-soaked lot alongside a truck stop in Pennsylvania is a parish ideal for preaching to the traveling masses about life’s ultimate arrival.

South Korean Truckers Strike to Protest Rising Fuel Costs

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Thousands of South Korean truck drivers struck to protest fuel prices, threatening to paralyze the country’s ports.

Spanish Truckers Block Border

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In the latest show of distress over fuel prices, Spanish truckers began a blockade of their country’s border with France, lining up their rigs in a crawling strike.

Soaring Fuel Prices Take a Withering Toll on Truckers

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Thousands of truckers are selling used rigs in what appears to be the biggest shakeout since trucking was deregulated in 1980.

Oil Refiners See Profits Sink as Consumption Falls

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Oil refiners have not been able to to raise gasoline prices enough to pass along the full increases in oil, analysts say.

Democrats Divided Over Gas Tax Break

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Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed a plan to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, while Barack Obama spoke out firmly against the proposal.