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Crude oil fell to below $69 a barrel Friday after Iran called a meeting with United Nations officials positive, Bloomberg reported.

The pace of manufacturing growth in the Philadelphia area rose in May, even as costs rose, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.

The index of U.S. leading economic indicators declined 0.1% in April, the Conference Board reported Thursday.

The Transportation Security Administration late Wednesday announced new air cargo security requirements aimed at protecting the more than 50,000 tons of cargo transported aboard passenger and cargo aircraft each day.

Truckers and motorists drivers heading south from Washington, D.C., Friday and Saturday nights will be routed around the intersection of Interstate 395 and the Capital Beltway because of a big ongoing construction project near Springfield, Va.

The number of Americans filing first-time unemployment claims jumped by 42,000 last week, in part due to a government shutdown in Puerto Rico that has been resolved, the Labor Department said Thursday.

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Intermodal companies face numerous hurdles in creating a national pool of chassis for domestic cargo, but eventually railroads, trucking companies and shippers will make it happen, a panel of intermodal executives said.

NEW YORK — With less than eight months to go before new emission rules dramatically change diesel truck engines, some executives of large truckload carriers said they are rapidly trying to reduce the average age of their fleets to avoid purchasing new equipment early in 2007.

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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6% in April, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.