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Meritor Inc. said in a government filing Tuesday that it expects to take a $15 million to $25 million charge and eliminate about 200 salaried employees.

Diesel dipped 0.7 cent to $3.911 a gallon, its sixth straight decline, the Department of Energy reported.

Mississippi River barge operators said the worst drought in 80 years may put at risk the emergency dredging and rock removal aimed at keeping the nation’s busiest waterway open at least through this month, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.

YRC Freight said it has named Darren Hawkins senior vice president of sales and marketing, effective Jan. 14.

Celadon Trucking Services said it will acquire Rock Leasing Inc. and Kelly Logistics Inc. Terms were not disclosed.

Comdata Corp. announced it expanded its cardless payment options with a new point-of-sale platform called Smart Solutions.

Covanta Energy Corp. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said they will develop compressed natural gas fueling stations at Covanta locations, beginning this month at Covanta’s Newark, N.J., facility.

The Mississippi River, facing reduced levels due to drought, will be safe for barge traffic through the end of January as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers removes submerged rocks, Bloomberg reported Monday.

U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has urged Congress to make postal reform a priority, as the U.S. Postal Service is currently losing $25 million a day and has defaulted on $11.1 billion in Treasury payments.

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