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The pace of manufacturing growth in New York state gained increased this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Wednesday.

The safety director of American Trucking Associations — which recently called for factory-installed speed governors on large trucks — said requiring the use of governors would probably need a government mandate.

Making our highways safer is in everyone’s interest and is everyone’s job. While virtually all Americans use roadways to get to work and to the store, for the trucking industry highways are also our workplaces.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. f American Trucking Associations wants us all to go 68 mph and that truck goes out West, like mine do, or down to Florida, the unit would be running under the speed limit.

Economic activity continued to expand early this year, though trucking’s outlook was mixed, according to a report issued Wednesday by the nation’s 12 Federal Reserve districts.

Crude oil inventories rose last week but gasoline and distillate inventories fell, the Department of Energy said Wednesday.

Interpool Inc. said Wednesday its container subsidiary has entered into an agreement to sell the majority of its cargo containers to a Swiss investor group for $515 million.

Deutsche Post AG, parent of the DHL express-delivery service in North America, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 25% but warned its operating profit likely would be flat this year, news services reported.

Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution said late Monday it earned $6.2 million or 32 cents in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $6.4 million or 35 cents a share in the previous fourth quarter.