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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. consumer sentiment rose in December for a second straight month, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. wholesale inventories rose 0.2% in October, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. winter storm that dumped as much as 10 inches of snow from Texas to Indiana moved into the Northeast early Friday, snarling traffic and shutting down schools across the region, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Department of Energy projects diesel fuel will average $2.50 a gallon in early 2006, down from its previous forecast of $2.58 a gallon.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ouse and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, the government's premier anti-terrorism law, before it expires at the end of the year, but one Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ail freight traffic declined for the week ended Dec. 3, but intermodal continued to rise compared with the same week a year earlier, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he continued divestiture by railroads of trailers and containers means more trucking and logistics companies will be responsible for controlling the availability of equipment needed to provide intermodal service to their customers, transportation executives said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. t is becoming clear that the nation’s heavy-duty truck fleet is slowly but inexorably growing, in response to fleets being able to cover their costs and earn reasonable profits.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. lobal air cargo company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Thursday reported it earned $29.9 million or $1.44 per share for the third quarter, on revenue of $404.9 million.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ogistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. reported net income of $3.2 million or 27 cents a share for its first fiscal 2006 quarter ended Oct. 31. The figures were the same from the same quarter a year earlier.