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The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April’s three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department said Friday.

Construction spending rose in April for a second straight month, the Commerce Department said Friday.

U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in May but showed continued expansion, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.

O&S Trucking, Springfield, Mo., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Springfield News-Leader reported Thursday.

Consumer personal spending rose 0.3% in April as incomes increased, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Efforts to protect the nation’s transportation system from terrorist attack should promote information sharing between the public and private sectors and focus on areas most at risk, a trucking executive told a Congressional panel.

Radiant Logistics Inc. has opened a new location in Charlotte, N.C., for its Distribution by Air network.

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to create a multimodal freight initiative within the Department of Transportation.

Canadian bulk trucking company Trimac Transportation said it will acquire Ontario-based specialized bulk carrier Liquid Cargo Lines.