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The cost of living in the United States rose in July at the slowest pace in three months, casting doubt on how quickly inflation will return toward the Federal Reserve’s goal.

Confidence among U.S. consumers eased for a second month in August as households braced for an increase in interest rates that could slow growth.

Wholesale prices in the United States climbed at a slower pace in July, a harbinger of things to come as energy prices plunge.

Trucking companies are planning to add trailers and capacity as the driver shortage continues, according to a new survey.

China could be creating Asia’s biggest container shipping company through a merger of two titans. But the plan doesn’t address the central issue confronting the industry for at least five years now: too many ships, with too much cargo space, plying the seas.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose in July on growing demand for everything from cars to clothing, and a decline the previous month was wiped away, signaling consumers are propelling growth in the world’s largest economy.

Applications for unemployment benefits in the United States are hovering close to a four-decade low, a sign of muted firings and steady progress in the labor market.

A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. driver hit a limo van carrying comic Tracy Morgan last year because he was so fatigued he didn’t notice traffic had slowed ahead of him, U.S. investigators found Aug. 11.

FTR's Trucking Conditions Index jumped 56% to 7.7 in June from May, Bloomberg News reported.

America’s service providers from restaurants to real estate agencies expanded in July at the strongest pace in a decade, putting the U.S. economy on track for faster growth.