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The Port of New Orleans said it has reached 100% of pre-Hurricane Katrina levels, and that it received approval Thursday to borrow up to $12 million for costs related to Katrina, the Associated Press reported.

YRC Worldwide lowered its previously reported earnings for the fourth quarter and 2005, and the company will cut about 200 jobs in Maryland, news reports said.

Florida has eased some restrictions on trucks to help agricultural producers more quickly transport crops that have impacted by freezing weather, the South Florida Business Journal reported.

The price of imported goods rose 1.3% in January, but just 0.2% excluding oil prices, the Labor Department said Thursday.

U.S. housing starts rose 15% in January, the biggest jump in 33 years, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of workers filing initial unemployment claims rose by 19,000 last week to 297,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a fourth-quarter loss because of the sale of a business unit and rising rubber prices, though its sales set records for the quarter and full year.

Class 8 truck orders in North America reached an all-time monthly high of 43,100 in January, with every truck maker reporting strong gains as buyers accelerated purchases ahead of new engine emission rules coming Jan. 1, according to data from ACT Research.

American Trucking Associations said Thursday that ATA Chairman Patrick Quinn has been appointed to the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.

DaimlerChrysler AG’s truck operating profits dropped, and the company said its 2006 earnings will be hurt by rising interest rates, raw-material and oil prices and more U.S. competition, Bloomberg reported Thursday.