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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. key index of U.S. manufacturing growth fell in December for a second straight month, to the lowest level since June, the Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. onstruction spending rose 0.2% in November for a fifth straight month, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ellow Roadway Corp. said Tuesday it has changed its name to YRC Worldwide Inc. and that it will change its Nasdaq ticker symbol to YRCW on Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ncreased business spending in 2006 is likely to lead to a fifth consecutive year of economic expansion, though a softening housing market may cool the overall pace of growth, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egislation introduced in the House of Representatives Dec. 7 would increase by $3,000 the current tax credit for makers and consumers of domestic hybrid vehicles, including commercial trucks.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A number of promising new safety systems designed to help drivers maintain vehicle control took center stage in 2005, as truck makers and fleet managers evaluated an array of emerging technologies with the potential to reduce the number of truck crashes.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ederal Reserve policy makers may be close to ending their series of interest rate increases, the minutes of the Fed’s Dec. 13 meeting show.

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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. o combat a shortage of drivers, a company with operations near Virginia’s ports brought drivers with it from California, the Newport News (Va.) Daily Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ruck drivers for seven Seattle heating oil companies reached three-year contract agreements, ending a strike that started last week, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Friday.