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The Commerce Department said Friday that sales of new single-family homes rose 4.7% to a record 1.160 million annual rate..

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New applications for unemployment insurance in the United States plunged 29,000 to 386,000 in the week ended July 19, moving below the key 400,000 level for the first time since Feb. 8, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said an estimated 4,000 trailers built by defunct Monon Corp. may break and separate from the tractor. The agency said it has located 40% of the trailers, leaving about 60% unaccounted for.

The federal government has gained a 30-day extension of the deadline for filing its appeal to the Supreme Court of a lower court decision banning trucks from Mexico until it has done a study of potential environmental effects of increased exhaust emissions, the Department of Justice said July 11.

Vehicle parts maker Dana Corp. said Tuesday that its board of directors had rejected a $2.2 billion offer from rival ArvinMeritor Inc., news services reported.

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The Transportation Security Administration said it was considering requests to delay criminal background checks for 3.5 million hazardous material drivers, while still working on guidelines for states and industry to meet.

The federal government said full-scale testing of trailer-tracking technologies aimed at preventing hazardous material shipments from falling into the hands of terrorists will begin in late August.