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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he growth rate of Chicago-area manufacturing activity slowed this month as automakers cut capacity, the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer confidence jumped in January to the highest level in almost four years, the Conference Board said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 12% in November from a year earlier to $62.9 billion, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. PEC ministers said they will keep oil production steady and that prices are too high to cut production, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. entucky state transportation officials stopped issuing permits Monday that allow coal trucks with extra axles to exceed state weight limits on highways in Eastern Kentucky, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eavy truck maker Paccar Inc. reported record revenue and income for 2005 on Tuesday, and said it earned the highest quarterly profit in its 100-year history.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Federal Reserve voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the benchmark U.S. interest rate a quarter-point to 4.5%.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he average retail price of diesel fuel rose 1.7 cents to $2.489 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ersonal spending rose 0.9% in December, the most in five months, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services said Monday its fourth-quarter revenue and earnings reached records, reporting a profit of $65.3 million or 41 cents a share, compared with $19.8 million or 12 cents in the previous fourth quarter.