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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urface trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico rose 8.9% in May to $57.9 billion from May 2004, the Department of Transportation reported Thursday.

Crude oil prices gained for the fourth session in five Thursday, climbing 83 cents to close at $59.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bloomberg reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ouse and Senate negotiators late Wednesday agreed to a compromise six-year, $286.4 billion highway bill, and President Bush withdrew a veto threat even though the measure is above spending levels the White House had wanted, news services reported.

U.S. new home sales rose 4% to a record in June, boosted by low mortgage rates, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.U.S. orders for durable goods rose 1.4% in June, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Trucking industry officials told Transport Topics they hoped recently announced changes at the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security would improve coordination on freight and trucking security issues.

Ohio Investigating Accident-Rate Increases on Turnpike • Maryland Institutes Fog-Warning System • FRA Seeking Information on Calif. Rail Crossings • DOE Says Dedicated Trains to Carry Nuclear Waste

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. s a student who will soon be entering the truck-driving field, I feel obligated to inform others that education and training to become a professional driver are in danger of being eliminated.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eating oil futures, a proxy for diesel prices, fell Wednesday following the 10th straight report of growth in distillate inventories, Bloomberg reported.