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Despite sensationalistic reports to the contrary, Mexican truckers will not deprive Americans of safe highways or clean air. Rather, they will improve cross-border freight flows while relieving the U.S. driver shortage.

The prices U.S. producers received for their goods remained unchanged in December, but did decline if volatile food and energy prices are removed from consideration, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

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Bill Graves, who on Monday stepped down after two terms as governor of Kansas, officially took office Wednesday as chief executive officer of American Trucking Associations, replacing William J. Canary.

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that growth in the U.S. economy was "sluggish" between mid-November and January.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose just 1.2% in December, but were flat after factoring out sales of automobiles, the government reported Tuesday, capping a disappointing holiday season, analysts said.

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West Coast ports remained choked with traffic that still had not improved much since the dockworkers' work stoppage three months ago, truckers reported last week. But others said they thought the problems could be improving.

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