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Orders for durable goods in the United States rose 1.6% in November on higher demand for aircraft and computers, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

J.B. Hunt, the founder of truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., will retire as senior chairman and a member of the board of directors on Dec. 31, the company said.

Freight capacity, highway funding and a historic revision of the driver hours-of-service rules were the big stories for trucking in 2004.

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The U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the third quarter, higher than the 3.9% clip previously estimated, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

November’s U.S. retail sales of new Class 8 trucks climbed 46.4% to 17,793 units, from the previous year, as manufacturing sources said growing demand for both on-highway and vocational truck replacement expanded the market.

Raising a potential obstacle to the Transportation Security Administration’s plans for background checks of hazardous-material drivers, some trucking groups have criticized the government for not similarly scrutinizing Mexican and Canadian drivers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. egardless of who is to blame, Congress dropped the ball by failing to reauthorize the federal surface transportation program.