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U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.7% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

Chrysler Group LLC and Nissan Motor Co. led automakers in U.S. November sales gains as the industry headed for its best sales pace this year, Bloomberg reported.

Ryder System has expanded its reverse-logistics business to include processing returns in the same facilities from which it forwards outbound shipments.

YRC Worldwide’s shareholders approved a reverse split that would boost its per-share price by rolling each 300 shares held into one share.

UPS on Thursday announced an agreement to purchase Pieffe Group, an Italian pharmaceutical logistics company. Terms were not disclosed.

U.S. manufacturing activity jumped in November, showing continued expansion for a 28th consecutive month, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.

Construction spending rose 0.8% in October, the third straight monthly increase, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Initial jobless claims increased by 6,000 last week to 402,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Third-party logistics provider Radiant Logistics will acquire Isla International, a company that specializes in shipments between the United States and Mexico, for $15 million.

General Electric Co. opened a new logistics center in Olive Branch, Miss., to distribute replacement wind turbine parts and solar technology components to customers in North and South America.