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In another gloomy report about the economic outlook, the Conference Board said Thursday that its index of U.S. leading economic indicators dropped 0.3% in February.

Led by higher costs for food, clothing and airline tickets, U.S. consumer prices rose more than expected in February.

Goodyear 2001 Truck Tire Sales Down Sharply; Court Rejects Emery on USPS-FedEx Deal; FedEx Earnings Fall; DHL Asks DOT to Dismiss UPS/FedEx Complaint; Uncertain on Future; Procter & Gamble May Cut Jobs; and more to come...

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration does not plan to open the United States to Mexican trucks carrying international freight for at least eight months, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said last week.

Today's Technology Headlines: CeBIT-Hewlett-Packard Launches New Handheld Devices; Siemens Doubles Transmission Speed With New Mobile Phone; Wireless Wonder.

Organized labor, smarting from the congressional defeat of the ergonomics regulations, is regrouping and preparing to fight for candidates in the 2002 elections who would push for new protections against musculoskeletal injuries on the job.

How Idaho extracts tax money from trucking companies has raised much controversy since the interstate segment of the industry succeeded in knocking out the weight-distance tax, which was with higher vehicle registration fees — also based on miles of operation within the state.

The Federal Reserve cut short-term U.S. interest rates by another half percentage point Tuesday, its third such move since the year began to get the stalled economy moving again.

Vehicle parts supplier ArvinMeritor Inc. said Tuesday it plans to close some facilities and cut its work force.